Dave Miller's 2024 Bible Reading Challenge

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 15-16 Background:    In chapter 15, Paul continues the discussion of disputable issues, issues of conscience from chapter 14, and expands the discussion. Paul also explains his role as an apostle to the Gentiles and begins his personal remarks that close the book.  Romans has more content than perhaps any other book. The closing chapter, Paul's personal remarks toward the people of

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 14 Background:    This passage may be one of the most important in the New Testament in terms of Christian unity. It may also be among the most ignored and least respected! As Paul addresses the Christian life, he faces down this difficult issue - those matters of conscience in which Christians do not agree.  Daily Devotional:   Sabbaths, Diets, and Jesus as Lord We tend to want everyth

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 12-13 Background:    This is actually the turning point in the book of Romans, as the devotional will spell out. The first 11 chapters have been doctrinal, spelling out the great salvation we have in Christ. Now, chapter 12 turns to practical commands based on the mercy of God, beginning the most important - to give our bodies as living sacrifices. The rest of the book is a series of pr

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 11   Background:    Romans 11 is a significant passage for eschatology as well as for our Christian lives. It tells us that while God set aside the Jewish nation for a time, he is not done with them and will one day restore them and that Israel will again be the people of God. This passage renders impossible views of eschatology that see the church as completely replacing Israel and inh

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 9-10 Background:    Romans 9-10 are among the most controversial in Scripture. They speak of God's sovereign choice of Israel as his people - "Jacob I loved and Esau I hated." The question theologians have struggled with is whether the truth that is taught here about Israel is meant to also be applied to salvation for us as individuals? Does God choose us as he chose Israe

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2024 This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened."  Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles.   The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but we will give more emphasis to the New Testament, spending half the year in the Old Testament and half in the New.  Bible Readings :   Romans 8 Background:    All of God's Word is inspired, inerrant, God-breathed, and useful to teach, correct, and train us in righteousness. It's all God's and it's all good. But there are still certain mountaintops among the passages of God's Word. If there is a Mt. Everest in the Bible, it is Romans 8. Starting with the affirmation that there is no condemnation in Christ,