Through The Bible is designed to help you become familiar with the major persons, places, events, and themes of the Bible in less than one year of casual reading.

This plan is designed to give you five days of readings, covering the major portions of the Bible in ten months time. You may begin this reading plan at any time during the year, but once you begin - do your best to stay with your newfound habit of reading each week. 

This plan begins with the Gospel of John, since the purpose of the Bible is to introduce us to God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and his eternal work of salvation for us. Old Testament readings are placed in the historical sequence they cover, rather than in the order found in your Bible.

The New Testament isn’t in chronological order, so reading it “straight through” isn’t the best way to learn its contents. The first three books (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) for example, follow the same basic outline, and seem repetitive. 

In this reading plan, we spread them out for you. Reading the New Testament a chapter a day, 5 days per week takes exactly one year to complete. Reading a chapter every day will take you 9 months. You’ll finish in just over 4 months by averaging two chapters per day.  

Be sure you take time each day to reflect on what you’ve read in God’s Word. The excellent techniques of the “Devotional Method” of study taught in Rick Warren’s book, Bible Study Methods are a great way to internalize the message.

The Chronological Reading Plan is a guide that will help you read the Bible in a year. 

With this plan, you’ll read the Bible in the order in which the books were written, or the time periods they relate to. The books are placed in our Bibles according to their literary style (example: January 1st - Genesis 1:1-3:24).

Follow along daily and accomplish the goal of reading the entire Bible in one year.