Dover Church of Christ
Bible Reading Plans
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Dover Church of Christ Bible Reading Plans |
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Here are some suggestions of methods for reading the Bible. All it takes is a commitment and a little of your time. |
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This year at Dover, Bible reading has really caught on. Very likely our implementation of Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes has had something to do with it. Quite a few of us are reading either the Old Testament or the New Testament through in a year. Below, courtesy of Sister Charlene Clark, are several plans and pointers for reading either testament through in a year. There are advantages to having both a verse-by-verse study of the Bible and a rapid-reading study. The verse-by-verse study helps us grasp the details. But the rapid-reading program, such as illustrated below, also helps us grasp the bigger picture of what God's word is saying to us. It helps us avoid the "missing the forest for all the trees" problem inherent in having only verse-by-verse studies of the scriptures. A rapid-reading program in which we read a testament in a year or less helps us make connections between various authors that would not likely be made in a verse-by-verse study only. |
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New Testament Books Matthew-28 chapters Mark--16 chapters Luke--24 chapters John--21 chapters Acts--28 chapters Romans--16 chapters |
PLAN # 1
Read one chapter per day Monday – Friday only. (If you miss any or all read the 1-5 chapters on Sat). There are 260 chapters in the NT. Five chapters per week x 52 weeks = 260. This will take from 5-10 min. per day or 20-30 on Sat/Sun |
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| I Corinthians-- 16 chapters II Corinthians--13 chapters Galatians--6 chapters Ephesians--6 chapters Philippians--4 chapters Colossians--4 chapters I Thessalonians--5 chapters II Thessalonians--3 chapters |
PLAN # 2
You can also earn Good Samaritan points by reading your chapter to your parents or other family member for 10 days in a row each month. This is worth 25 points per month.
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| I Timothy – 6 chapters
II Timothy – 4 chapters Titus – 3 chapters Philemon- 1 chapter Hebrews – 13 chapters James – 5 chapters I Peter – 5 chapters II Peter – 3 chapters I John – 5 chapters II John – 1 chapter III John – 1 chapter Jude – 1 chapter Revelation – 22 chapters |
PLAN # 3 If anyone would like to read the entire Bible this year simply read 3 chapters each day Monday – Saturday and 5 chapters each Sunday. There are 1184 chapters in the Bible. If you read 23 chapters per week you will be done in 51 weeks and 4 days! |
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Old Testament Books GENESIS EXODUS LEVITICUS NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY JOSHUA JUDGES RUTH I SAMUEL II SAMUEL I KINGS II KINGS I CHRONICLES II CHRONICLES |
EZRA NEHEMIAH ESTHER JOB PSALMS PROVERBS ECCLESIASTES SONG OF SOLOMON ISAIAH JEREMIAH LAMENTATIONS EZEKIEL DANIEL HOSEA
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JOEL AMOS OBADIAH JONAH MICAH NAHUM HABUKKUK ZEPHANIAH HAGGAI ZECHARIAH MALACHI
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