I’m starting with the New Testament, and now I’m on Hebrews so pretty soon I’ll be done! (Although I will have to read the other half later)
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How I did it: To be honest, I didn't finish reading it. I got about half way thru and just gradually stopped. I had alot of questions running thru my head, which I always do when it comes to religion. I want to believe, I really do, but I suppose I'm the kind of person who needs facts, which I'm obviously never gonna get when it comes to God. Read how I did it…
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How I did it: The first time I read through the Bible I used a one-year edition. This is a great way to go if you find the old testament a little daunting... The One-Year-Bible breaks up the old and new testaments and the psalms and proverbs into daily portions, so you read four different passages. It gives plenty of variety... and of course the Bible itself is a wealth of wisdom and beautiful stories and truths. I am a [pathetic excuse for] a Jesus-fo… Read how I did it…
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How I did it: Read from both the Old and New testaments daily.It is as simple and complex as that. I pray before I start reading to open my mind and heart to God's word and simply read wherever the Spirit leads. The new testament is always a little more orderly than the old.I have tried the "chapter a day' thing and it didn't work for me. I literally let the Bible fall open and start reading as long as it is a book I had not alr… Read how I did it…
How I did it: There are a jillion read-the-bible-in-a-year plans. I started at the beginning and read it straight through from front to back. It left me wondering how the Old Testament God could be so angry and destructive, Jesus so loving and forgiving, yet they are the same person???? At least Christians are supposed to believe that. Read how I did it…
How I did it: After Deuteronomy you have the difficult prophetic symbolic language as in Isaiah for example but maybe if you consider that as poetry it becomes more digestible. Read how I did it…
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It’s a little slow-going for me, as I’m reading it in two languages, but I’ve made a little progress… I’m up to Genesis 16. It’s a little hard to make time when I’m trying to finish up this semester, and well, I guess wasting time online doesn’t help much either.
Genesis 5-7
Genesis 6:4
“There were giants in the earth in those days and also after that…”
Tonight I didn’t do much reading… I actually haven’t read much at all the last few days. I did get through a couple of short chapters in Genesis.
I got an audio version for my phone which will probably be a great help. Hopefully I can listen to it on my walks to class.
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I tried to read the bible many times, and was asleep in 5 minutes EVERY time I tried. It was an odd sleep too. I absolutely could not stay awake. I told a friend, who I knew was a Christian(and someone I respected), and he recommended that I start with the book of John, instead of trying to start with Genesis. He told me to ask God for help in understanding it and to make no promises to Him. Just ask for help and tell Him whatever else you had on your mind. I told God I did not know Jesus was, or why he had to die, and that I was not promising anything, I just wanted to know if it was true. I also told Him that I knew I had no right to talk to him, nevertheless, I needed His help, and I was asking anyway. I read the account given by John, and even before I finished the book I knew it was true. I had a certainty that I cannot put into words. What I read was much different from what I thought about God previously. All I ever heard before that was how God was angry with me, and that I was going to hell, because I was a sinner. “God is love” was something completely different from what I had heard before, and that He loved me?! and that He had a plan to bring me into a relationship with Him was amazing. He loves Jesus, and yet He gave Him up as a sacrifice for us?! Isaiah 52:13 through 53:12 was written 600 years before Jesus was born.
I found a guide to reading the Bible in a year at the back of my Bible. I’m starting with Genesis 1-26 in the first week. Today, I read the first four chapters, but to complicate matters, I’m reading it in both English and Spanish. My Bible has side-by-side translations in the King James Version. The formal Spanish is rather difficult, but I’m getting through it.
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I have been reading the Bible a little bit every so often from the beginning, I need to do this daily!
I also found this great site which gives you reading to do daily so that you will read the entire Bible in a year!
http://www.biblica.com/bibles/dailyreading/index.php
willowlynn2 doing pretty well actually
I’ve read from Gen. through Leviticus, and I still have a looooong way to go. I’ve not been reading as often as I was, but I’m not giving up. Numbers is next on my list.
Now that I’ve finished the Pentateuch, I’m going to take a break and read the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark. Then it’s back to the Old Testament and the historical books.
kkuhne Innocence is ugly in the one who is guilty.
I’ve read the New Testament and a lot of the Old Testament books.
I’ll keep track of my chapters and not be in a hurry. I’ll just read it so I can be familiar with the God-content.
I want to know what He wants me to know.
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