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This schedule of daily Bible readings has been organized into reading portions that are designed to go through the entire Bible in one year.
There are four readings for each day (in a handful of instances it has proven necessary to include a fifth reading portion). These readings are divided into four main sections: Psalms and Wisdom Literature; Pentateuch and the History of Israel; Chronicles and Prophets; and Gospels and Epistles.
In order to make the readings come out evenly, four major books of the Bible are included twice in the schedule: the Psalms (the Bible’s hymnal, and also its main body of teaching on the doctrine of God), Isaiah (the grandest of the Old Testament prophets), Luke (one of the four biblical Gospels), and Romans (the heart of the Bible’s theology of salvation).
The list of readings from the Psalms and the Wisdom Literature begins and ends with special readings that are especially appropriate for the opening and closing of the year. The list of readings from the Pentateuch and the History of Israel proceeds canonically through the five books of Moses and then chronologically through the history of the Old Testament, before closing the year with the sufferings of Job. The list of readings from the Chronicles and the Prophets begins with the Chronicler’s history of the people of God from Adam through the exile, followed by the major and minor prophets, which are organized chronologically rather than canonically.
The Gospels and Epistles are largely grouped according to authorship: first the writings of Luke in the Gospel that bears his name and also in the book of Acts; then the letters of Paul, from Romans through Philemon; next Matthew, followed by Hebrews (both of which seem to have been written to largely Jewish audiences); then Mark, which probably was based on the experiences of Peter, followed by Peter’s own letters; then a repeat of uke and Romans; finally, James and the writings of John, including his Gospel, his epistles, and Revelation.
This is one plan for reading through the Bible in one year. There are other good plans, of course, and they each have their special strengths. But the most important thing is to take your Bible and read it, praying to the Father that the Spirit will take what all the Scriptures teach about Christ and apply it to your mind and heart.
