Finish reading the Bible

I read the entire Old Testament…and stopped. What’s up with that?! I believe that reading this divinely written tome is an integral part of my foundation as a Christian. It’s time…a few pages each night before falling asleep…

I am going to achieve this!

I am an atheist but I want to know more about the Bible, plus I have a friend who is a committed and practiscing Christian and I want to be able to talk with them on the same level about th Bible and Christian beliefs.

In January I started reading the Bible through. I do it online, using Bible Study Tools and a program to accomplish this in a year. So far, I’ve not missed a day, and will have completed the process on January 9, 2009. This has been enlightening, and has strengthened my faith.

I suppose it’s wrong of me to debate the Bible without actually reading it =/ ....grimace

I’ve read the first page and put the book down so many, many times.

I’m ahead of schedule now and am about to start Chronicles. I think this will probably be the most tedious and challenging book since it is primarily (as the name suggests) lists. Finding this much easier than I thought I would though!

I’m aiming to finish reading the Bible in a year, currently 1 King 19, so I’m on target so far.

As much as I wanted to, I couldn’t. Very, very much makasalanan and it would feel so wrong to just read the bible and then commit more sins. FCUK. I really can’t right now. :|

I finished the New Testament straight through. I am now plodding through the Old Testament and man it is so much more difficult to read. To prevent myself from getting bored, I have skipped around quite a bit, just kind of here and there a book at a time. I am now struggling through Ezekiel. Part of the problem may be the King James Version itself. Slow but steady progress nevertheless.

This is namely important for my personal growth as a Christian. Secondly, the influence of the Bible on Western civilization cannot be overstated.

there are so many better books to read, that could tell me so much more about truth and life. I would highly recommend reading parts of the bible and being familiar with the whole thing, but sitting down and trudging through every single law in Leviticus isn’t a good use of time.

So I got a decent amount out of it, but I’d have gotten more out of reading something else.

Maybe if I were Christian I’d feel differently.