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.
Related post that shares more on these three plans as well as longer plans.
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....
Four Tips Modern English Standard Hebrew/Greek text Committee translation Fits your purpose Cites Grasping God’s Word, 4th Edition.
Questions Helpful questions to consider in choosing a Bible reading plan: What are you looking for? (Biblical knowledge or connection with God?) How long do you want to read? Ask God. My Thoughts Good overview and examples of the different types of plans. I appreciate his own personal emphasis on the Gospels. Wisely warns about reading straight through the Bible. (I agree.) I look forward to his forth-coming plan!...
Alabaster Co creates beautiful Bibles and books on creativity and faith. Their guided meditation videos are helpful.
BCP Online – This Book of Common Prayer site offers a link for today’s Scripture readings based on the 1979 Prayer Book. Daily Prayer (app) – “… a beautiful, ad free, experiential app designed to develop long lasting spiritual rhythms of prayer and scripture reading.” dailyoffice2019.com - Prayers and Scripture from The Book of Common Prayer (2019) of the Anglican Church in North America. Similar sites are listed here....
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It is amazing the quantity and breadth of English translations available. Bonus: Get to know your Bible translations 😆