Read the entire Bible

I’ve read the entire New Testiment a couple times…
I’ve worked through some of the Old a few times, too. But the Old gets me every time. I always end up skipping to the New again.

I’m reading through it again now, and I’m on Numbers. Still a long ways to go… I’ll get there eventually.

But I’m reading the novel The Song of Hannah while I read the book of Samuel. I really like doing this. It’s parallel stories. One from the man’s point of view and one from the women’s point of view. I think I really absorb it well this way.

Think if I ever taught a Bible as Literature class, I would teach it this way too. I’m really enjoying this.

Does anyone have any other biblical fiction to recommend? I could do this for every book!

Started in Matthew back in June maybe and am now on Romans

Almost done with the books of history. Next up are the books of poetry, to which I have been looking forward all this time!

Another thing where I feel like I’m slipping as a Christian…
I’ve never actually read all of the bible…
And I think if I devote maybe a half hour a day…eventually I can do it…

In mid-Juin, I started going to the local Pentecostal church’s youth group. The third week in a row you attend the group, you get a biblezine, which is the New Testament, in the form of a magazine. I haven’t always been reading in it as much as I want to, but so far I’m up to the book of John. I find the three first books were repetitive, but that’s a good thing in a way, because I remember more about them. I’m really enjoying reading the Bible, because the more I read, the more my faith grows.

I guess my goal was the read the Bible in one year, although “Read the entire Bible” doesn’t have a minimum time attached to it. So I’m still working on it, but I’m horribly behind, so it won’t be done in a year.

Just finished this yesterday. I am about 3/4 of the way through Genesis as well. I’m really enjoying this goal.

I had to make up for four days worth of readings this Sunday to make sure I’d stay on track. I may just read ahead of schedule on days where I have more time than others. Right now, the daily dosages include Job, Pslams, Proverbs, and Romans. Not really a big fan of Romans but the other stuff makes up for it. I also reread a lot to make sure I’m not droning or skimming just to get through it.

51 more weeks or so to go…

i’m done with reading genesis – however there’s still 7 more modules to complete this first lesson – modules provided following the Christian course online program that i am using as my guide.

so, next up – learning about the historical time line throughout the book of Genesis!