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My 2008 Bible Reading Plan

Written by LaRosa Johnson
Tuesday, 01 January 2008
Filed under: Faith

One of the goals I have for 2008 is to read the Bible more consistently. I had already spoken previously about the plan that John MacArthur had outlined, but I wasn't completely sold on that method for the new year. You see, I didn't want to completely tie myself down to just a few books for the entire year. Back in 2002, my pastor taught a series where the church went through the entire Bible in a single year using a chronological format. Both were legitimate choices and would allow me to get in plenty of study and Word for 2008.

So, I took both of those methods and looked at them very closely and even looked for other options that might seem more feasible. The main downfall of the Year Through the Bible series is that it's pretty intense and required a lot of reading; I didn't want to make that make that commitment and then not follow through. After weighing all of my options, I finally came to a conclusion on what my method of "attack" was going to be. I was going to do a combination of the two. For my New Testament reading, I'm going to employ John MacArthur's method of reading a single book for a month at a time, starting with James (again). I feel that this will best help me to understand the New Testament passages, their overall themes, and where passages are located. For my Old Testament reading, I'm using a chronological reading plan that I found for Logos Bible software from Morris Proctor Seminars' website that was for the entire Bible, but I edited to use only the Old Testament.

Doing that gives me the best of both worlds and by the end of the year I will have read through the entire Old Testament and have a firm grasp on over 1/3 of the New Testament (as that will take about 2.5 years to complete). So, tonight I'll be reading the entirety of James and Genesis 1-4. Not bad at all. I'll try to keep you up on my progress throughout the year, and try to share any nuggets that I come across as I study. Let's also not forget the studying & reading that I'll be doing for the devotions & Bible studies, which just adds on to the list.

What are your plans for reading the Word this year?

Comments (2)

Phil Gons wrote:
on January 2, 2008 12:24 PM

Thanks for sharing your Bible reading plans for 2008. I enjoy reading what others are doing to saturate themselves with Scripture. In case you missed it, you might want to check out the recent blog post at the Logos Bible Software blog: Bible Reading Plans for 2008. We announced a new tool called the Global Bible Reader.

LaRosa Johnson wrote:
on January 10, 2008 11:29 AM

That seems like it's a really great tool and one that a lot of people can benefit from. I'm going to download it and give it a try. I likely won't end up using it myself, as I have already set my reading schedule for the year, but it will definitely be one that I promote on my site and message board. I'll actually be doing a post on Mobile Ministry Magazine soon about Global Bible Reader, as well as announcing it on my forum.

As a matter of fact, all of this has inspired me to create a new page on my website that I hope to have up soon that will be completely dedicated to programs like this one that are free resources for the Body to use and grow from. I'll be adding this Shibboleth, and others like e-Sword, and any other free tools that I find along the way. Thanks again!

lj.