Do you like gold? Do you like good food? Do you like things that are perfect? Do you like knowing how to stay clear of trouble?<\/p>\n
Whether or not you’ve ever read the Bible with regularity, these desires common to humankind mean that any of us can understand what David is saying in Psalm 19:<\/p>\n
The law of the Lord is perfect,\u00c2\u00a0reviving the soul;
\nthe precepts of the Lord are right,\u00c2\u00a0rejoicing the heart;
\n. . . More to be desired are they than gold,\u00c2\u00a0even much fine gold;
\nsweeter also than honey\u00c2\u00a0and drippings of the honeycomb.
\nMoreover, by them is your servant warned;
\nin keeping them there is great reward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWith the new year around the corner, now is a good time to consider how you will read the Bible in 2013. Of course, new years resolutions aren’t in the Bible, but there is never a wrong time to resolve to know God more in his Word, and the new year presents us with a nice opportunity.<\/p>\n
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- Chronological Reading Plan:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Reading God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Story: A Chronological Daily Bible<\/a><\/em>, George Guthrie:
\nThis Bible is published with a one year daily reading plan in mind, ordering the Biblical material chronologically along the Bible\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own narrative framework and includes a reading plan. George Guthrie has also published a one year chronological Bible reading plan, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Read the Bible for Life<\/a>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d available in PDF form\u00c2\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/li>\n- The M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Cheyne Plan with Daily Devotional Commentary:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0For the Love of God<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is a two volume series of books written by D.A. Carson providing daily reading to supplement the\u00c2\u00a0M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Cheyne reading plan<\/a>. This plan, named after its designer and Scottish minister in the 1800’s, Robert Murray M’Cheyne, takes you through the Old Testament once and the Psalms and New Testament twice in one year.<\/li>\n
- Several Places A Day:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Crossway\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0Daily Bible Reading Plan<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is available as a\u00c2\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0form to print out as a series of bookmarks. This plan gets you through the Bible in a year, reading from several different places in the Bible each day.\u00c2\u00a0Crossway has published\u00c2\u00a010 reading plans<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to supplement the ESV, including RSS, email, audio, and print versions daily. Also, the\u00c2\u00a0Discipleship Journal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bible Reading Plan<\/a>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by NavPress, takes you through the entire Bible by reading from four different places each day.<\/li>\n
- Just a List of Chapters:<\/strong>The Bible Reading Record<\/a><\/em>, by Don Whitney, is a simple list of every chapter in the Bible. With this, you can read at whatever pace you like and keep track of what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re through the Bible. This, of course, wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00c2\u00a0necessarily\u00c2\u00a0be a one year plan, but it could be. To get through the Bible\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1089 chapters in a year, you need to read an average of 3.25 chapters a day, which comes out to about four chapters per day if you commit to reading five days each week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If the Bible is new to you, or if you haven’t personally invested in knowing the Scriptures through regular reading, listen to Ryan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sermon on Psalm 1, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d For even more plans, read this post<\/a> by Justin Taylor, surveying a number of different Bible reading plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"