I don’t really go in for the ‘read through the Bible in a year’ plans. In the past when I’ve tried it I found myself more worried about sticking to the plan and less worried about understanding what I was reading. If I missed a day or two then I’d have to double or triple up the next time I opened the Bible and I’d rush through just to get it done. I’d love to read through the whole Bible this year but I’d much rather take my time and meditate on a quarter or a third of it. I think that’s going to be my yearly goal.
B”H
My wife and I did a one-year program last year and in these past few weeks we’ve actually been looking forward to finishing it so that we could get back to actually studying the text instead of just reading our quota.
By: Ranger on January 3, 2009
at 1:40 am
Ranger: So you know exactly what I’m talking about!
By: Nick Norelli on January 3, 2009
at 11:14 am
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By: Not everyone is adopting a formalized Bible-reading plan for 2009 | The Daily Scroll on January 3, 2009
at 11:49 am
Mr. Norelli,
worried about sticking to the plan and less worried about understanding what I was reading
I had the same problem too. All I can say from doing this is I now have bragging rights to say I’ve read the Bible completely.
By: bryon on January 3, 2009
at 1:30 pm
It’s only a problem if you get really legalistic about it…We do this at our church and we drop in and out as we find time…It’s not a you have to read it all or none project…You can just pick up on the date you are on and go forward from there. We don’t use specially designed Bibles either, we do read strait through from Matthew to Malachi, so we are getting the NT first.
By: Nancy on January 3, 2009
at 3:47 pm
I can see what you are saying. Better to read something than nothing and sadly, nothing is what a lot of people read as far as the Bible is concerned (except Sundays of course).
Maybe the 3-5 year plans are more accessible? The point being, find some way to read the whole Bible at some point on a some what regular basis.
By: brianfulthorp on January 3, 2009
at 5:19 pm
Bryon: Yup, that’s pretty much it. When I did read the entire Bible I did it in a couple of weeks (4-5 hours a day). Every time I’ve tried a plan I’ve ended up fizzling out.
Nancy: Unfortunately I’m too OCD to do that. If I start the plan then I obsess over sticking to it and when I do fall off for more than a couple of days I get frustrated and quit. If only God had created me differently…
Brian: Yeah, I think that daily reading is important, but I’d much rather read a small bit and really think about it then just read to read. I do like that the NLTSB has a 5 year plan but that includes the study notes as well.
By: Nick Norelli on January 3, 2009
at 7:18 pm
When I did read the entire Bible I did it in a couple of weeks (4-5 hours a day).
I read it in 6-8 weeks three years ago and it was a great overview. Not sure if I could do that now.
I’ll have to look at the plan in the NLTSB. Right now I’m thinking I’d like to do the NLT Chronological One Year in 2010 though.
Jeff
By: Scripture Zealot on January 3, 2009
at 9:07 pm