Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days

Bible.org forum ^ | Mar 08, 2010 | Oyarsa

[Immerito]

I have been going through such a study since January. Has anyone else embarked on the same study? I will finally enter the New Testament tomorrow (the reading plan I use takes the reader through the Old Testament in its entirety before you get to the New Testament).

[Immerito]

I found this link to this reading guide and thought it an interesting challenge. Have any other Freepers completed a Through the Bible in 90 days reading plan? What are your thoughts?

[Genoa]

Wow! It’s hard enough for me to read the whole Bible in a year. This is a lot of reading in one day, and straight through? The Old Testament is three times as long as the New. Hats off to you!

[Genoa]

By the way, how long has it been since January? (I assume you’re on your third pass now.)

[Immerito]

I’ve started it, and I’ve found that, personally, I’ve had an easier time focusing on this plan; I’ve found it much more harder to stay focused and disciplined on read through the Bible in a year plans.

So, since I knew that I had the problem of struggling with one year bible reading plans, I thought others might struggle with them as well and be willing to try something new.

[Immerito]

For everyone’s convenience, the reading plan:

Day 1: Gen 1-13
Day 2: Gen 14-25
Day 3: Gen 26-35
Day 4: Gen 36-50
Day 5: Exod 1-8
Day 6: Exod 9-20
Day 7: Exod 21-30
Day 8: Exod 31-40
Day 9: Lev 1-13
Day 10: Lev 14-27
Day 11: Num 1-5
Day 12: Num 6-14
Day 13: Num 15-25
Day 14: Num 26-36
Day 15: Deut 1-10
Day 16: Deut 11-24
Day 17: Deut 25-34
Day 18: Josh 1-15
Day 19: Josh 16-24
Day 20: Judg 1-14
Day 21: Judg 15-21; Ruth 1-4
Day 22: 1 Sam 1-16
Day 23: 1 Sam 17-31
Day 24: 2 Sam 1-12
Day 25: 2 Sam 13-24
Day 26: 1 Kings 1-7
Day 27: 1 Kings 8-22
Day 28: 2 Kings 1-6
Day 29: 2 Kings 7-18
Day 30: 2 Kings 19-25
Day 31: 1 Chron 1-12
Day 32: 1 Chron 13-29
Day 33: 2 Chron 1-12
Day 34: 2 Chron 13-28
Day 35: 2 Chron 29-36
Day 36: Ezra 1-10; Nehemiah 1-7
Day 37: Nehemiah 8-13; Esther 1-8
Day 38: Job 1-13
Day 39: Job 14-28
Day 40: Job 29-42
Day 41: Ps 1-21
Day 42: Ps 22-39
Day 43: Ps 40-64
Day 44: Ps 65-78
Day 45: Ps 79-101
Day 46: Ps 102-116
Day 47: Ps 117-135
Day 48: Ps 136-150
Day 49: Prov 1-16
Day 50: Prov 17-31
Day 51: Eccl 1-12
Day 52: Song 1-8; Isa 1-13
Day 53: Isa 14-31
Day 54: Isa 32-47
Day 55: Isa 48-66
Day 56: Jer 1-14
Day 57: Jer 15-29
Day 58: Jer 30-42
Day 59: Jer 43-52
Day 60: Lam 1-5; Ezek 1-12
Day 61: Ezek 13-23
Day 62: Ezek 24-36
Day 63: Ezek 37-48
Day 64: Dan 1-12
Day 65: Hos 1-14; Joel 1-3
Day 66: Amos 1-9; Obadiah 1; Jonah 1-4; Micah 1-7; Nah 1-3; Hab 1-3
Day 67: Zeph 1-3; Haggai 1-2; Zech 1-14; Mal 1-4
Day 68: Matt 1-10
Day 69: Matt 11-20
Day 70: Matt 21-28
Day 71: Mark 1-7
Day 72: Mark 8-16
Day 73: Luke 1-6
Day 74: Luke 7-13
Day 75: Luke 14-24
Day 76: John 1-5
Day 77: John 6-11
Day 78: John 12-21
Day 79: Acts 1-10
Day 80: Acts 11-19
Day 81: Acts 20-28
Day 82: Rom 1-16
Day 83: 1 Cor 1-16
Day 84: 2 Cor 1-13
Day 85: Gal 1-6; Eph 1-6
Day 86: Phil 1-4; Col 1-4; 1 Thes 1-5; 2 Thes 1-3
Day 87: 1 Tim 1-6; 2 Tim 1-4; Titus 1-3; Philemon 1
Day 88: Heb 1-13; James 1-5
Day 89: 1 Pet 1-5; 2 Pet 1-3; 1 John 1-5; 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Jude 1
Day 90: Rev 1-22

[Mercat]

It doesn’t matter which version or which website or how long it takes. Just keep reading and when you’re done, you’re not done, read it again. I read it through several times and now I pick and choose depending on what pops into my head but I’ll probably start reading it through again in January.

Here’s the website I use and I listen to Max McLean.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/

[Immerito]

I agree; the important thing to do is to keep reading Scripture; this is a plan that I have found helpful for myself (I find that I, personally, am better able to concentrate and focus on reading Scripture with this plan, and since I assume that I am not the only person with that problem, I thought others might be interested enough to give it a try.

[Genoa]

http://www.bibleplan.org/#3

Try this link for one that takes you straight through, but lasts all year. I find that three or four chapters a day is about all I can do and still understand what I’m reading.

[DarthVader]

It does not matter how fast you read it. It matters far more how much comprehend and understand what it is telling you.

[Migraine]

To me, that would be like eating all vegetables for one month, all potatoes, rice, pasta and bread the next, followed by all cake and ice cream days 61-90.

Let me explain: the Bible presents entirely different genres of truth, depending on how far one is into it. If this is a one-time study-style, fine; but it should not be one’s lifelong method, IMHO.

Rather, since the Word of God is spiritual food, a balanced daily diet seems preferable.

Personally, I read some from the beginning (today, First Samuel), some from the middle (today, Jeremiah), and some from the end (NT, today, Matthew) — each and every day, in such a way as to finish the Bible (plus some extra NT) every year. Plus I recite the entire epistle to the Ephesians every single day.

The beauty of scripture is that, if you read and meditate on it in a prayerful way, you will get something new out of it every time. That is because the Word is alive, imbued with the Spirit of God.

[Genoa]

I am currently doing the same thing you’re doing. I have divided the Bible into three “volumes”: Genesis-Job, Psalms-Malachi, and Matthew-Revelation. I read one full chapter from each daily. (For variety I have tried various lectionaries, but they jump around, leave things out, and are hard to deal with since they specify verses as well as chapters.)

[Ditter]

BUMP

[Corin Stormhands]

I did the 90-Day Challenge earlier this year. While I think it was an accomplishment, I didn’t comprehend anything. It was too much like a task and I didn’t have time to absorb what I was reading.

[norge]

Reading nothing but the Psalms for 7 or 8 days straight could make your mind go numb.

[Verginius Rufus]

It doesn't matter which version...

It does as far as how much to read before you are finished--Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include the so-called Apocryphal or deutero-canonical books of the Old Testament.

Older Protestant editions of the Bible also included those books, until the early 19th century. I think the Bible Abraham Lincoln read from as a boy included them.

Shakespeare was familiar with that material too--when he has Shylock say, "A Daniel! A second Daniel!" he's referring to a passage not in the book of Daniel found in Protestant editions (and Shylock, if he had been a real person, probably would have been unfamiliar with that passage as well).

[norge]

From a strictly personal viewpoint, I think reading the Bible chronologically is the most exciting way to read it.

First, books like Ezekiel and even Isaiah jump around without real reason, and are disjointed. Putting a book like Ezekiel or Jeremiah in order and reading it with the proper historical context of the Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah will make it come alive.

Understanding the history and background of the Jewish Feasts and observations brings light to passages such as John 7, where Jesus uses the metaphor “Living Water”. Why water? Because He was in the Temple observing the Feast of Tabernacles, which refers back to Moses striking the rock at Meriba to provide water to the Israelites. John assumed that anyone reading his gospel would understand that.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I have been taught (and agree) that the bible is not meant to be read sequentially like a novel, but is more of a reference.

I’d get a lot more by studying what the best scholars (generally of my faith) have written to help understand the important facts of certain key books.

I know that many scholars and priests have never read the bible sequentially.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Sounds like a cool challenge.

I often read thru the bible in a year, and have taken to reading different versions. I got thru ‘the message’ last year (really interesting and presented different readings for some passages, but not for theological foundations). And the year before that was something like the leadership bible with John Maxwell comments - that was very interesting. I am actually forcing myself to skip a year - just so it doesn’t become a religious exercise or an accomplishment in and of itself. My next pass will be a bible with american history comments in it - about the founding of the nation, how the bible impacted different american historical leaders and other figures. I know there is a ‘worship leaders bible’ or some such - would like to get thru it (even though my musical abilities are limited to playing an iPod)...

[Genoa]

Here is a chronological plan that is available online.

http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/readingplan/oneyearchronologicalbiblereadingplan.pdf

It offers RSS feeds.

http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/oneyearmonthlychrono.php?molink=8&version=31&startmmdd=0101

[Jmouse007]

Looking at the reading schedule and the MASSIVE extent of material you would have to cover each day to complete this task it is safe to say you will not learn or retain much of anything! One example = the last days reading covers the ENTIRE book of Revelation!

As someone said:

"It does not matter how fast you read it. It matters far more how much comprehend and understand what God is telling you."