{"id":69211,"date":"2023-12-27T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69211"},"modified":"2023-12-27T23:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T05:55:48","slug":"how-ill-be-reading-the-bible-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=69211","title":{"rendered":"How I\u2019ll Be Reading the Bible in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"aebb69a3-6bc3-48c1-8937-30c9970b3bf4\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph has-drop-cap\">Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for\u00a0<em>intimacy<\/em>\u00a0or reading for\u00a0<em>familiarity<\/em>. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions\u2014deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions\u2014the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good approaches to the Bible and Christians thrive on a healthy mixture of the two. There is great benefit in knowing the Bible as a whole (familiarity) and in knowing the most important parts in detail (intimacy). (On this note, see my article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/intimacy-or-familiarity\">Intimacy or Familiarity<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"40f73191-37b8-412c-a6db-832de1357eac\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My favorite daily Bible-reading plan is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivedaybiblereading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Five Day Bible Reading Program<\/a>. I have successfully used it for many years and intend to use it again in 2024. I gladly commend it to you.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"697e5c61-eb9d-4f02-b2c6-48fb4fc7fef3\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has several features I especially appreciate:<\/p>\n<ul data-beyondwords-marker=\"6c253fae-08a6-4f95-807d-3dd883a57bb3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li data-beyondwords-marker=\"4f3a690a-187c-4296-bb53-761277afa0ab\" class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><em>It is a familiarity plan<\/em>&nbsp;that covers the entire text of the Bible over the course of the year. Those who follow it will read every word of the Bible in the year ahead.\n<li data-beyondwords-marker=\"050e2103-681b-4b00-be4d-f7c597fd6f97\" class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><em>It is a pseudo-chronological plan<\/em>\u00a0that covers the text of the<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking broadly, there are two approaches to daily Bible reading: reading for\u00a0intimacy\u00a0or reading for\u00a0familiarity. Intimacy with the Bible comes by slow, meditative reading that focuses on small portions\u2014deep study of books, chapters, and verses. Familiarity with the Bible comes through faster reading of larger portions\u2014the entire sweep of the biblical narrative. Both are perfectly good approaches to the Bible and Christians thrive on a healthy mixture of the two. There is great benefit in knowing the Bible as a whole (familiarity) and in knowing the most important parts in detail (intimacy). (On this note, see my article \u201cIntimacy or Familiarity.\u201d) My favorite daily Bible-reading plan is the\u00a0Five Day Bible Reading Program. I have successfully used it for many years and intend to use it again in 2024. I gladly commend it to you. It has several features I especially appreciate: The\u00a0Five Day Bible Reading Program\u00a0is a free download. Just scroll to the bottom of that page to find the download links. I echo their hope for the program: \u201cGod\u2019s blessings rest with those who will read, understand, and live by His Word. May this guide help you to that noble end. \u2018Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path\u2019 (Psalms 119:105).\u201d (Parenthetical Note: If you prefer an \u201cintimacy\u201d plan, I recommend the\u00a0Reading the Bible with John Stott\u00a0guides and\/or the\u00a0God\u2019s Word for You\u00a0series. Both are excellent.)See AlsoThe Way I\u2019ll Be Reading the Bible in 2022The Bible Reading Plan I Recommend for 2021The Bible-Reading Plan I\u2019ll Be Using in 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":69227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-69211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lightstock_740487_medium_tim_challies-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69228,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69211\/revisions\/69228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}