Chris outlines his rationale for doing 12 month-long challenges this year as well as the types of challenges he will use. His first challenge is reading the entire Bible in seven days. (Related post.) My Thought I’ve often thought that using month-long challenges or sprints would be good as a congregation as it would give focus and still feels manageable.

Searching for Bible reading plans will quickly yield a plan (PDF) developed by a young 19th c. Scottish pastor named Robert Murray M’Cheyne who wrote: “It has long been in my mind to prepare a scheme of Scripture reading, in which as many as were made willing by God might agree, so that the whole Bible might be read once by you in the year, and all might be feeding in the same portion of the green pasture at the same time....

Related post that shares more on these three plans as well as longer plans.

Although not as flexible as Bible Reading Plan Generator, Bible Plan is great resource for finding and apply plans. By classifying plans under “Yearly,” “Monthly,” “Chapter Per Day,” and “Other,” Bible Plan helps those looking for a specific type of plan. Finally, Bible Plan is able to email the readings to the reader – with a customizable start day and daily send time.

Dr. Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System is, as the name implies, a system rather than a static plan that reads one chapter each day from ten different biblical genres. Screenshot from video below Features As a result of restart each genre after completing the genre, each day has a new set of readings and texts to cross reference. (In this sense, this is a more of a perpetual system rather than a traditional plan (with concrete start and end dates)....

In this video, Dr. Donald Whitney gives reasons why one should use a Bible reading plan. In addition, he shares his preferred plan which starts in Genesis, Joshua, Job, Isaiah, and Matthew. He also affirms the wisdom behind a plan that has days off each month. Here is how Dr. Whitney describes this plan in his book “Spiritual disciples for the Christian Life”: “My favorite plan involves reading in five places each day....

The Navigators Bible Reading Plan (PDF) (also known as Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan) offers the following features. Features The following are taken from their site. Provides flexibility with our new and refreshed format, you can begin whenever you like. You don’t have to wait for January 1 to start this plan; you can start whenever you like. Offers three to six free days per month. You’ll have 25 readings each month, which provides the space to catch up, if needed....

Read through the New Testament (PDF) in 5 days a week, 5 minutes a day. Features The following are taken from their site. If you’re not used to reading the Bible daily, start with this easy to use tool to read a chapter of the New Testament in 5 minutes a day. This reading plan will take you through all 260 chapters of the New Testament, one chapter per day....

The Navigators Book-at-a-Time Bible Reading Plan (PDF) takes you through the entire Bible in one year, providing two readings for each day. Features The following are taken from their site. The first reading alternates between Old and New Testament books with the Gospels spread throughout the year. The second reading takes you through a chapter of the wisdom literature and Isaiah. You can begin at any point of the year....

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