You should try it

Upon finishing reading the bible in a year I could not wait to get started on the plan again. It is amazing the things that go unnoticed in the bible that are there and my only be noticed when read the whole way through. My friend John makes a good point, one should ballance between reading the bible on a plan and focusing in on specific parts of the bible. If one is only reading the bible on a plan they may not have the time to do an indepth study. Also the person always focusing could loose the grade scope and story of the bible.

What Version Are You Reading?

Originally written - May 24, 2006

This Past Friday I came home around 12:30AM and found a mild party going on at my apartment. I don’t mind the mild ones just the really loud ones, it is hard to fall asleep to those. After putting my stuff in my room I joined the group drinking on the front porch. They had their beers and I had my high quality H2O. I was interested in the conversation they were having, because they were talking about the bible and the flood a bit. I listened to their opinions, so I could understand their point of reference, and how to respond to them. One of them misquoted part of the bible, even though what he changed was minor I responded respectfully correcting what he said and asked him to continue. He responded, “What version of the bible are you reading?”

I did not respond with what I was thinking, “The Holy Bible, more specifically the NLT, ESV, NCV, NKJV, NIV, KJV, Holman Christian Standard, Complete Jewish, Message, and occasionally NASB.” I only said, “Any bible in Genesis 6 or & says that. If you like I have a bunch up stairs and can show you.”

He responded, “No that’s okay, but anyway…”

This is not the first time someone has asked me a question of this type. Sometimes I think when they say, “What version are you reading?” I should ask at some point, “What version are you reading?” Many people have their opinions of what the bible does and does not say.

Teachers in college ask for your opinion all the time, and I thought it was funny that they graded my opinion. They would say my conclusions did not match theirs so I was wrong.

Opinions without support are just that opinions, this is why I journal to get my opinions down so later when I find support I can plug it in. Anyway, how do we well people or correct people’s thinking about what the bible does say? How do we inform them that the words they think are in the bible are not actually there?

Faith in a Book You Have Not Read

Every fall when I was in youth group my youth minister took us on a fall retreat. The fall retreat during my sophomore year really impacted me, and all they said was one phrase. We traveled to the east side on Ohio to a cabin and camping area, I forget the name now. Just like every other event while I was a youth, I managed the sound system. Some students from the local Christian college where I grew up lead the bible studies and games. The bald guy in the group was talking about faith, some of which fueled my thoughts about “Why Believe Blindly?” During his talk he picked up a bible and asked a simple question that echoed in my ears for years, “Do you believe what this book says in true?” Everyone in the room replied, “YES!” “How many of you have ever read the whole book?” This time only two people out of thirty youth raised their hand, and one of those two was myself, but I was lying. So actually only one out of thirty, if he was not lying to, had read the whole bible.

Later after the study was over everyone went back to the cabins, except me and the college leaders. They were goofing off and going over some sound things with me for the next event of the retreat, and I bulled the bald man aside. I asked him several questions about why he chose the bible study he had just presented, and many other questions relating to the topic he had just open my eyes to. I suddenly realized that many of us believe in a book we know very little about.

This fall my church, Mosaic, will be starting their small groups. For months I have been praying about if God wanted me to lead a group, and if so what would be the topic? God brought this story to my mind and after two months of prayer I know the answer to my question.

Christians cannot rely on the pastor, the priest, the pope, or any other person to tell them all they need to know about the bible and what God says to His people through His word. My grandfather says similar words to me every time I visit him.

Reading Plan Page 1

Day Morning N.T. Evening O.T.
1 Matthew 1, Genesis 1, 2, 3
2 Matthew 2, Genesis 4, 5, 6
3 Matthew 3, Genesis 7, 8, 9
4 Matthew 4, Genesis 10, 11, 12
5 Matthew 5:1-26, Genesis 13, 14, 15
6 Matthew 5:27-48, Genesis 16, 17
7 Matthew 6:1-18, Genesis 18, 19
8 Matthew 6:19-34, Genesis 20, 21, 22
9 Matthew 7, Genesis 23, 24
10 Matthew 8:1-17, Genesis 25, 26
11 Matthew 8:18-34, Genesis 27, 28
12 Matthew 9:1-17, Genesis 29, 30
13 Matthew 9:18-38, Genesis 31, 32
14 Matthew 10:1-20, Genesis 33, 34, 35
15 Matthew 10:21-42, Genesis 36, 37, 38
16 Matthew 11, Genesis 39, 40
17 Matthew 12:1-23, Genesis 41, 42
18 Matthew 12:24-50, Genesis 43, 44, 45
19 Matthew 13:1-30, Genesis 46, 47, 48
20 Matthew 13:31-58, Genesis 49, 50
21 Matthew 14:1-21, Exodus 1, 2, 3
22 Matthew 14:22-36, Exodus 4, 5, 6
23 Matthew 15:1-20, Exodus 7, 8
24 Matthew 15:21-39, Exodus 9, 10, 11
25 Matthew 16, Exodus 12, 13
26 Matthew 17, Exodus 14, 15
27 Matthew 18:1-20, Exodus 16, 17, 18
28 Matthew 18:21-35, Exodus 19, 20
29 Matthew 19, Exodus 21, 22
30 Matthew 20:1-16, Exodus 23, 24
31 Matthew 20:17-34, Exodus 25, 26
32 Matthew 21:1-22, Exodus 27, 28
33 Matthew 21:23-46, Exodus 29, 30
34 Matthew 22:1-22, Exodus 31, 32, 33
35 Matthew 22:23-46, Exodus 34, 35
36 Matthew 23:1-22, Exodus 36, 37, 38
37 Matthew 23:23-29, Exodus 39, 40
38 Matthew 24:1-28, Leviticus 1, 2, 3
39 Matthew 24:29-51, Leviticus 4, 5
40 Matthew 25:1-30, Leviticus 6, 7
41 Matthew 25:31-46, Leviticus 8, 9, 10
42 Matthew 26:1-5, Leviticus 11, 12
43 Matthew 26:26-50, Leviticus 13
44 Matthew 26:51-75, Leviticus 14
45 Matthew 27:1-26, Leviticus 15, 16
46 Matthew 27:27-50, Leviticus 17, 18
47 Matthew 27:51-66, Leviticus 19, 20
48 Matthew 28, Leviticus 21, 22
49 Mark 1:1-22, Leviticus 23, 24
50 Mark 1:23-45, Leviticus 25
51 Mark 2, Leviticus 26, 27
52 Mark 3:1-19, Numbers1, 2
53 Mark 3:20-35, Numbers 3, 4
54 Mark 4:1-20, Numbers 5, 6
55 Mark 4:21-41, Numbers 7, 8
56 Mark 5:1-20, Numbers 9, 10, 11
57 Mark 5:21-43, Numbers 12, 13, 14
58 Mark 6:1-29, Numbers 15, 16
59 Mark 6:30-56, Numbers 17, 18, 19
60 Mark 7:1-13, Numbers 20, 21, 22
61 Mark 7:14-37, Numbers 23, 24, 25
62 Mark 8:1-21, Numbers 26, 27
63 Mark 8:22-38, Numbers 28, 29, 30
64 Mark 9:1-29, Numbers 31, 32, 33
65 Mark 9:30-50, Numbers 34, 35, 36
66 Mark 10:1-31, Deuteronomy 1, 2
67 Mark 10:32-52, Deuteronomy 3, 4
68 Mark 11:1-18, Deuteronomy 5, 6, 7
69 Mark 11:19-33, Deuteronomy 8, 9, 10
70 Mark 12:1-27, Deuteronomy 11, 12, 13
71 Mark 12:28-44, Deuteronomy 14, 15, 16
72 Mark 13:1-20, Deuteronomy 17, 18, 19
73 Mark 13:21-37, Deuteronomy 20, 21, 22
74 Mark 14:1-26, Deuteronomy 23, 24, 25
75 Mark 14:27-53, Deuteronomy 26, 27
76 Mark 14:54-72, Deuteronomy 28, 29
77 Mark 15:1-25, Deuteronomy 30,31
78 Mark 15:26-47, Deuteronomy 32,33,34
79 Mark 16, Joshua 1, 2, 3
80 Luke 1:1-20, Joshua 4, 5, 6
81 Luke 1:21-38, Joshua 7, 8, 9
82 Luke 1:39-56, Joshua 10, 11, 12
83 Luke 1:57-80, Joshua 13, 14, 15
84 Luke 2:1-24, Joshua 16, 17, 18
85 Luke 2:25-52, Joshua 19, 20, 21
86 Luke 3, Joshua 22, 23, 24
87 Luke 4:1-30, Judges 1, 2, 3
88 Luke 4:31-44, Judges 4, 5, 6
89 Luke 5:1-16, Judges 7, 8
90 Luke 5:17-39, Judges 9, 10
91 Luke 6:1-26, Judges 11, 12
92 Luke 6:27-49, Judges 13, 14, 15
93 Luke 7:1-30, Judges 16, 17, 18
94 Luke 7:31-50, Judges 19, 20, 21
95 Luke 8:1-25, Ruth 1, 2, 3, 4
96 Luke 8:26-56, 1 Samuel 1, 2, 3

Reading Plan Page 2

Day Morning N.T. Evening O.T.
97 Luke 9:1-17, 1 Samuel 4, 5, 6
98 Luke 9:18-36, 1 Samuel 7, 8, 9
99 Luke 9:37-62, 1 Samuel 10, 11, 12
100 Luke 10:1-24, 1 Samuel 13, 14
101 Luke 10:25-42, 1 Samuel 15, 16
102 Luke 11:1-28, 1 Samuel 17, 18
103 Luke 11:29-54, 1 Samuel 19, 20, 21
104 Luke 12:1-31, 1 Samuel 22, 23, 24
105 Luke 12:32-59, 1 Samuel 25, 26
106 Luke 13:1-22, 1 Samuel 27, 28, 29
107 Luke 13:23-35, 1 Samuel 30, 31
108 Luke 14:1-24, 2 Samuel 1, 2
109 Luke 14:25-35, 2 Samuel 3, 4, 5
110 Luke 15:1-10, 2 Samuel 6, 7, 8
111 Luke 15:11-32, 2 Samuel 9, 10, 11
112 Luke 16, 2 Samuel 12, 13
113 Luke 17:1-19, 2 Samuel 14, 15
114 Luke 17:20-37, 2 Samuel 16, 17, 18
115 Luke 18:1-23, 2 Samuel 19, 20
116 Luke 18:24-43, 2 Samuel 21, 22
117 Luke 19:1-27, 2 Samuel 23, 24
118 Luke 19:28-48, 1 Kings 1, 2
119 Luke 20:1-26, 1 Kings 3, 4, 5
120 Luke 20:27-47, 1 Kings 6, 7
121 Luke 21:1-19, 1 Kings 8, 9
122 Luke 21:20-38, 1 Kings 10, 11
123 Luke 22:1-20, 1 Kings 12, 13
124 Luke 22:21-46, 1 Kings 14, 15
125 Luke 22:47-71, 1 Kings 16, 18, 18
126 Luke 23:1-25, 1 Kings 19, 20
127 Luke 23:26-56, 1 Kings 21, 22
128 Luke 24:1-35, 2 Kings 1, 2, 3
129 Luke 24:36-53, 2 Kings 4, 5, 6
130 John1:1-28, 2 Kings 7, 8, 9
131 John 1:29-51, 2 Kings 10, 11, 12
132 John 2, 2 Kings 13, 14
133 John 3:1-18, 2 Kings 15, 16
134 John 3:19-38, 2 Kings 17, 18
135 John 4:1-30, 2 Kings 19, 20, 21
136 John 4:31-54, 2 Kings 22, 23
137 John 25:1-24, 2 Kings 24, 25
138 John 5:25-47, 1 Chronicles 1, 2, 3
139 John 6:1-21, Chronicles 4, 5, 6
140 John 6:22-44, 1 Chronicles 7, 8, 9
141 John 6:45-71, 1 Chronicles 10, 11, 12
142 John 7:1-27, 1 Chronicles 13, 14, 15
143 John 7:28-53, 1 Chronicles 16, 17, 18
144 John 8:1-27, 1 Chronicles 19, 20, 21
145 John 8:28-59, 1 Chronicles 22, 23, 24
146 John 9:1-23, 1 Chronicles 25, 26, 27
147 John 9:24-41, 1 Chronicles 28, 29
148 John 10:1-23, 2 Chronicles 1, 2, 3
149 John 10:24-42, 2 Chronicles 4, 5, 6
150 John 11:1-29, 2 Chronicles 7, 8, 9
151 John 11:30-57, 2 Chronicles 10, 11, 12
152 John 12:1-26, 2 Chronicles 13, 14
153 John 12:27-50, 2 Chronicles 15, 16
154 John 13:1-20, 2 Chronicles 17, 18
155 John 13:21-38, 2 Chronicles 19, 20
156 John 14, 2 Chronicles 21, 22
157 John 15, 2 Chronicles 23, 24
158 John 16, 2 Chronicles 25, 26, 27
159 John 17, 2 Chronicles 28, 29
160 John 18:1-18, 2 Chronicles 30, 31
161 John 18:19-40, 2 Chronicles 32, 33
162 John 19:1-22, 2 Chronicles 34, 35, 36
163 John 19:23-42, Ezra 1, 2
164 John 20, Ezra 3, 4, 5
165 John 21, Ezra 6, 7, 8
166 Acts 1, Ezra 9, 10
167 Acts 2:1-21, Nehemiah 1, 2, 3
168 Acts 2:22-47, Nehemiah 4, 5, 6
169 Acts 3, Nehemiah 7, 8, 9
170 Acts 4:1-22, Nehemiah 10, 11
171 Acts 4:23-37, Nehemiah 12, 13
172 Acts 5:1-21, Esther 1, 2
173 Acts 5:22-42, Esther 3, 4, 5
174 Acts 6, Esther 6, 7, 8
175 Acts 7:1-21, Esther 9, 10
176 Acts 7:22-43, Job 1, 2
177 Acts 7:44-60, Job 3, 4
178 Acts 8:1-25, Job 5, 6, 7
179 Acts 8:26-40, Job 8, 9, 10
180 Acts 9:1-21, Job 11, 12, 13
181 Acts 9:22-43, Job 14, 15, 16
182 Acts 10:1-23, Job 17, 18, 19
183 Acts 10:24-28, Job 20, 21
184 Acts 11, Job 22, 23, 24
185 Acts 12, Job 25, 26, 27
186 Acts 13:1-25, Job 28, 29
187 Acts 13:26-52, Job 30, 31
188 Acts 14, Job 32, 33
189 Acts 15:1-21, Job 34, 35
190 Acts 15:22-41, Job 36, 37
191 Acts 16:1-21, Job 38, 39, 40
192 Acts 16:22-40, Job 41, 42

Reading Plan Page 3

Day Morning N.T. Evening O.T.
193 Acts 17:1-15, Psalms 1, 2, 3
194 Acts 17:16-34, Psalms 4, 5, 6
195 Acts 18, Psalms 7, 8, 9
196 Acts 19:1-20, Psalms 10, 11, 12
197 Acts 19:21-41, Psalms 13, 14, 15
198 Acts 20:1-16, Psalms 16, 17
199 Acts 20:17-38, Psalms 18, 19
200 Acts 21:1-17, Psalms 20, 21, 22
201 Acts 21:18-40, Psalms 23, 24, 25
202 Acts 22, Psalms 26, 27, 28
203 Acts 23:1-15, Psalms 29, 30
204 Acts 23:16-35, Psalms 31, 32
205 Acts 24, Psalms 33, 34
206 Acts 25, Psalms 35, 36
207 Acts 26, Psalms 37, 38, 39
208 Acts 27:1-26, Psalms 40, 41, 42
209 Acts 27:27-44, Psalms 43, 44, 45
210 Acts 28, Psalms 46, 47, 48
211 Romans 1, Psalms 49, 50
212 Romans 2, Psalms 51, 52, 53
213 Romans 3, Psalms 54, 55, 56
214 Romans 4, Psalms 57, 58, 59
215 Romans 5, Psalms 60, 61, 62
216 Romans 6, Psalms 63, 64, 65
217 Romans 7, Psalms 66, 67
218 Romans 8:1-21, Psalms 68, 69
219 Romans 8:22-39, Psalms 70, 71
220 Romans 9:1-15, Psalms 72, 73
221 Romans 9:16-33, Psalms 74, 75, 76
222 Romans 10, Psalms 77, 78
223 Romans 11:1-18, Psalms 79, 80
224 Romans 11:19-36, Psalms 81, 82, 83
225 Romans 12, Psalms 84, 85, 86
226 Romans 13, Psalms 87, 88
227 Romans 14, Psalms 89, 90
228 Romans 15:1-13, Psalms 91, 92, 93
229 Romans 15:14-33, Psalms 94, 95, 96
230 Romans 16, Psalms 97, 98, 99
231 1 Corinthians 1, Psalms 100, 101, 102
232 1 Corinthians 2, Psalms 103, 104
233 1 Corinthians 3, Psalms 105, 106
234 1 Corinthians 4, Psalms 107, 108, 109
235 1 Corinthians 5, Psalms 110, 111, 112
236 1 Corinthians 6, Psalms 113, 114, 115
237 1 Corinthians 7:1-19, Psalms 116, 117, 118
238 1 Corinthians 7:20-40, Psalms 119:1-88
239 1 Corinthians 8, Psalms 119:89-176
240 1 Corinthians 9, Psalms 120, 121, 122
241 1 Corinthians 10:1-18, Psalms 123, 124, 125
242 1 Corinthians 10:19-33, Psalms 126, 127, 128
243 1 Corinthians 11:1-16, Psalms 129, 130, 131
244 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Psalms 132, 133, 134
245 1 Corinthians 12, Psalms 135, 136
246 1 Corinthians 13, Psalms 137, 138, 139
247 1 Corinthians 14:1-20,Psalms 140, 141, 142
248 1 Corinthians 14:21-40, Psalms 143, 144, 145
249 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, Psalms 146, 147
250 1 Corinthians 15:29-58, Psalms 148, 149, 150
251 1 Corinthians 16, Proverbs 1, 2
252 2 Corinthians 1, Proverbs 2, 3, 4
253 2 Corinthians 2, Proverbs 5, 6, 7
254 2 Corinthians 3, Proverbs 8, 9
255 2 Corinthians 4, Proverbs 10, 11, 12
256 2 Corinthians 5, Proverbs 13, 14, 15
257 2 Corinthians 6, Proverbs 16, 17, 18
258 2 Corinthians 7, Proverbs 19, 20, 21
259 2 Corinthians 8, Proverbs 22, 23, 24
260 2 Corinthians 9, Proverbs 25, 26
261 2 Corinthians 10, Proverbs 27, 28, 29
262 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Proverbs 30, 31
263 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Ecclesiastes 1, 2, 3
264 2 Corinthians 12, Ecclesiastes 4, 5, 6
265 2 Corinthians 13, Ecclesiastes 7, 8, 9
266 Galatians 1, Ecclesiastes 10, 11, 12
267 Galatians 2, Song Of Solomon 1, 2, 3
268 Galatians 3, Song Of Solomon 4, 5
269 Galatians 4, Song Of Solomon 6, 7, 8
270 Galatians5, Isaiah 1, 2
271 Galatians 6, Isaiah 3, 4
272 Ephesians 1, Isaiah 5, 6
273 Ephesians 2, Isaiah 7, 8
274 Ephesians 3, Isaiah 9, 10
275 Ephesians 4, Isaiah 11, 12, 13
276 Ephesians 5:1-16, Isaiah 14, 15, 16
277 Ephesians 5:17-33, Isaiah 17, 18, 19
278 Ephesians 6, Isaiah 20, 21, 22
279 Philippians 1, Isaiah 23, 24, 25
280 Philippians 2, Isaiah 26, 27
281 Philippians 3, Isaiah 28, 29
282 Philippians 4, Isaiah 30, 31
283 Colossians 1, Isaiah 32, 33
284 Colossians 2, Isaiah 34, 35, 36
285 Colossians 3, Isaiah 37, 38
286 Colossians 4, Isaiah 39, 40
287 1 Thessalonians 1, Isaiah 41, 42
288 1 Thessalonians 2, Isaiah 43, 44

Reading Plan Page 4

Day Morning N.T. Evening O.T.
289 1 Thessalonians 3, Isaiah 45, 46
290 1 Thessalonians 4, Isaiah 47, 48, 49
291 1 Thessalonians 5, Isaiah 50, 51, 52
292 2 Thessalonians 1, Isaiah 53, 54, 55
293 2 Thessalonians 2, Isaiah 56, 57, 58
294 2 Thessalonians 3, Isaiah 59, 60, 61
295 1 Timothy 1, Isaiah 62, 63, 64
296 1 Timothy 2, Isaiah 65, 66
297 1 Timothy 3, Jeremiah 1, 2
298 1 Timothy 4, Jeremiah 3, 4, 5
299 1 Timothy 5, Jeremiah 6, 7, 8
300 1 Timothy 6, Jeremiah 9, 10, 11
301 2 Timothy 1, Jeremiah 12, 13, 14
302 2 Timothy 2, Jeremiah 15, 16, 17
303 2 Timothy 3, Jeremiah 18, 19
304 2 Timothy 4, Jeremiah 20, 21
305 Titus 1, Jeremiah 22, 23
306 Titus 2, Jeremiah 24, 25, 26
307 Titus 3, Jeremiah 27, 28, 29
308 Philemon, Jeremiah 30, 31
309 Hebrews 1, Jeremiah 32, 33
310 Hebrews 2, Jeremiah 34, 35, 36
311 Hebrews 3, Jeremiah 37, 38, 39
312 Hebrews 4, Jeremiah 40, 41, 42
313 Hebrews 5, Jeremiah 43, 44, 45
314 Hebrews 6, Jeremiah 46, 47
315 Hebrews 7, Jeremiah 48, 49
316 Hebrews 8, Jeremiah 50
317 Hebrews 9, Jeremiah 51, 52
318 Hebrews 10:1-18, Lamentations 1, 2
319 Hebrews 10:20-40, Lamentations 3, 4, 5
320 Hebrews 11:1-19, Ezekiel 1, 2
321 Hebrews 11:20-40, Ezekiel 3, 4
322 Hebrews 12, Ezekiel 5, 6, 7
323 Hebrews 13, Ezekiel 8, 9, 10
324 James 1, Ezekiel 11, 12, 13
325 James 2, Ezekiel 14, 15
326 James 3, Ezekiel 16, 17
327 James 4, Ezekiel 18, 19
328 James 5, Ezekiel 20, 21
329 1 Peter 1, Ezekiel 22, 23
330 1 Peter 2, Ezekiel 24, 25, 26
331 1 Peter 3, Ezekiel 27, 28, 29
332 1 Peter 4, Ezekiel 30, 31, 32
333 1 Peter 5, Ezekiel 33, 34
334 2 Peter 1, Ezekiel 35, 36
335 2 Peter 2, Ezekiel 37, 38, 39
336 2 Peter 3, Ezekiel 40, 41
337 1 John 1, Ezekiel 42, 43, 44
338 1 John 2, Ezekiel 45, 46
339 1 John 3, Ezekiel 47, 48
340 1 John 4, Daniel 1, 2
341 1 John 5, Daniel 3, 4
342 2 John, Daniel 5, 6, 7
343 3 John, Daniel 8, 9, 10
344 Jude, Daniel 11, 12
345 Revelation 1, Hosea 1, 2, 3, 4
346 Revelation 2, Hosea 5, 6, 7, 8
347 Revelation 3, Hosea 9, 10, 11
348 Revelation 4, Hosea 12, 13, 14
349 Revelation 5, Joel
350 Revelation 6, Amos 1, 2, 3
351 Revelation 7, Amos 4, 5, 6
352 Revelation 8, Amos 7, 8, 9
353 Revelation 9, Obadiah
354 Revelation 10, Jonah
355 Revelation 11, Micah1, 2, 3
356 Revelation 12, Micah 4, 5
357 Revelation 13, Micah 6, 7
358 Revelation 14, Nahum
359 Revelation 15, Habakkuk
360 Revelation 16, Zephaniah
361 Revelation 17, Haggai
362 Revelation 18,Zechariah 1, 2, 3, 4
363 Revelation 19, Zechariah 5, ,6, 7, 8
364 Revelation 20, Zechariah 9, 10, 11, 12
365 Revelation 21, Zechariah 13, 14
366 Revelation 22, Malachi