I Hereby Resolve
I know, you know, we all know that most new year’s resolutions are quickly made and quickly broken. Including resolves “to read through the Bible this year.” It is, of course, a worthy goal. Have you ever done it? Every educated person should. There are lots of great reasons to do so, but one is simply that it is the single most influential book in Western Civilization, influencing every possible arena of life and culture.
But is there any reason to believe this resolution would turn out any differently than all those failed promises of the past? Well, yes, there is.
The Books of The Bible offers you an genuinely different reading experience. Now you can read the Bible naturally, as the collection of stories, songs, wisdom sayings, and prophetic visions that it really is. You don’t have to fight through all those additives that complicate the Bible. You can just sit down and read.
Simple.
What you’ll find is that the Bible is actually quite readable when you agree to take it in the way its authors intended, as complete books.
So how about it? You could get a couple of your friends and agree to read through it together. You can compare notes along the way. I guarantee you’ll have plenty to talk about.
An easy way to get started is to check out the reading plans on this site. You’ll have a choice between two different ways to read through the whole book in one year, reading just 15 minutes a day, six days a week. And actually, you may just want to skip the plan and start reading. I’ll bet you’re amazed at how quickly you make your way through it, and you will undoubtedly read more than a mere 15 minutes per sitting.
I hereby resolve to read through the Bible this year.
I hereby commit myself to mo’ betta Bible reading.
I hereby open myself to a new experience with the sacred text.
Care to join me?
-Glenn
But is there any reason to believe this resolution would turn out any differently than all those failed promises of the past? Well, yes, there is.
The Books of The Bible offers you an genuinely different reading experience. Now you can read the Bible naturally, as the collection of stories, songs, wisdom sayings, and prophetic visions that it really is. You don’t have to fight through all those additives that complicate the Bible. You can just sit down and read.
Simple.
What you’ll find is that the Bible is actually quite readable when you agree to take it in the way its authors intended, as complete books.
So how about it? You could get a couple of your friends and agree to read through it together. You can compare notes along the way. I guarantee you’ll have plenty to talk about.
An easy way to get started is to check out the reading plans on this site. You’ll have a choice between two different ways to read through the whole book in one year, reading just 15 minutes a day, six days a week. And actually, you may just want to skip the plan and start reading. I’ll bet you’re amazed at how quickly you make your way through it, and you will undoubtedly read more than a mere 15 minutes per sitting.
I hereby resolve to read through the Bible this year.
I hereby commit myself to mo’ betta Bible reading.
I hereby open myself to a new experience with the sacred text.
Care to join me?
-Glenn
posted by Glenn at
9:19 PM
1 Comments:
Thank you for this thoughtful post and for the reading plans on-line.
I have encouraged my students for years to read through the Bible every year just for maintenance. It really does work. I have done it for many years, and the benefit as a Bible teacher is enormous. One of my students told me a couple of days ago that she felt she needed to do something else, and when she tried she found the "else" so shallow that she picked up her Bible and caught up to the day.
She blessed me, and so does your post.
This is not a matter of "legalism" but of life. The Word is life and our Lord reveals Himself in it and out of it.
Bless you.
Post a Comment
<< Home