Reading your Bible regularly is still the most important indicator of spiritual growth, still the most important spiritual discipline in your life. So, I want to continue this process of Bible reading. However, for 2016 we are going to change it up. Instead of reading the whole Bible in one year as we have the last two years, we are going to focus on the New Testament, and we are going to read it chronologically.
We will start with a gospel harmony, reading the four gospels as one story. Then we will read Acts. When we come to the places where various books of Paul were written (and James), we will read those books. Then, when we finish acts we will read the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus) then the General Letters (Hebrews to Jude) and, as always, we will wrap up with Revelation.
By content, this is about a fourth of the Bible, though for us it is the heart and soul of the message of Jesus. It means that there will be a little bit less to read each day, allowing you a little bit more time to read it, to read various commentaries or other books, and to meditate on the truths you learn. If you fall behind a few days, catching up won't be so hard.
Currently, my plan to take half the year to go through the New Testament. Those plans can change as I work through this. We will see.
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