Couple of things that came to mind this morning:
1. There are some great websites out there to help with all of this. For instance YouVersion.com has several plans for reading the Bible through on a schedule. One of the benefits is that if you set up an account and go back daily it take you immediately to where you are going.
2. I think there is a benefit to reading the Bible through in a year, but think that it is best done once every five or ten years. There is something that is missed in following a regular devotional pattern versus trying to get through the whole text in a year. Not to say there isn't benefit in reading it through in a year, I just recommend for most to do it (if you are truly led by the Spirit and not just a check mark thing) and then get into a regular devotional cycle.
3. Daily devotional reading is different than my in depth Bible study. When read devotionally I am doing a different task with a different purpose. My indepth Bible study is where I add in tons of other resources, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, background texts, etc. I read devotionally daily as part of my disciplines, but engage in indepth Bible study only several days a week with some breaks.
I dunno, just some stuff I was thinking about as I waited for a plane...and I'm still waiting for that plane...
1. There are some great websites out there to help with all of this. For instance YouVersion.com has several plans for reading the Bible through on a schedule. One of the benefits is that if you set up an account and go back daily it take you immediately to where you are going.
2. I think there is a benefit to reading the Bible through in a year, but think that it is best done once every five or ten years. There is something that is missed in following a regular devotional pattern versus trying to get through the whole text in a year. Not to say there isn't benefit in reading it through in a year, I just recommend for most to do it (if you are truly led by the Spirit and not just a check mark thing) and then get into a regular devotional cycle.
3. Daily devotional reading is different than my in depth Bible study. When read devotionally I am doing a different task with a different purpose. My indepth Bible study is where I add in tons of other resources, commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, background texts, etc. I read devotionally daily as part of my disciplines, but engage in indepth Bible study only several days a week with some breaks.
I dunno, just some stuff I was thinking about as I waited for a plane...and I'm still waiting for that plane...
