Dave Miller's 2025 Bible Reading Challenge

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Ezekiel 7-12 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     The great vision in these early chapters is of the "glory of God" rising and departing from the Temple - what a terrible figure. Daily Devotional:  Ichabod It was a tragic and fearful vision that Ezekiel had in Ezekiel 8-10, a tour of the holy city, Jerusalem. The Hebrews constantly wondered why their God would abandon them, why the terrible things that they were experiencing were allowed by God. How could he do such a thing to his chosen nation? God answered that question cle...

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Ezekiel 1-6 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     Ezekiel is a great prophet, who gives his prophecies from the banks of the Chebar River in Babylon, one of the early captives taken away before the destruction. The book records six great visions from the prophet - great unveilings of heavenly things. Ezekiel 1-24 records God's judgments on Jerusalem and upon Judah. Chapters 25-32 declare God's judgments on the nations. As is the case with every prophet who spoke of God's judgment against Israel and Judah, Ezekiel 33-48 prophesies t...

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Lamentations 1-5 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     The nation was defeated, destroyed. The Temple of God was in ruins. People wondered how the great God of heaven could have let something like this happen. They should have understood and should have listened to the prophets, but they didn’t. So Jeremiah wrote a series of five laments which spelled out exactly what God was doing. Each of the five chapters of Lamentations is a separate lament, carefully crafted to explore the judgment and the goodness of God. Four of the five are...

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Jeremiah 47-52 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     Jeremiah ends with a series of prophecies against nations and what is clearly a historical addendum to the book. After recounting the fall of Jerusalem in chapter 52, the book records the release by one of the subsequent emperors of Babylon of the last king of Judah. This preserves the line of David and gives hope. Daily Devotional:  God's Word Is True Jerusalem lay in ruins, and its best and brightest had been carried off to Babylon to serve the king there. The defeat of Ju...

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Jeremiah 41-46 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     Today's reading covers the end of Jeremiah's life and is chronologically the last of his writings. Though there are still prophecies to be presented in chapters 46-52, they come from earlier times in his life. Gedaliah is murdered and replaced by Johanan, and against Jeremiah's strong advice (a prophetic word from God), the people go to Egypt for protection from Babylon. They take Jeremiah with them, and though there is no record of his death, it is assumed that Jeremiah died dur...

  Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2026 This year, we will read the Bible chronologically, as it happened, instead of simply reading from Genesis to Revelation. 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 :   Habakkuk 1-3 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     Habakkuk is a powerful book, a conversation between God and the prophet. In 1:1-4, the prophet questions God, asking why he is not dealing with the sin among his chosen people. God answers in 1:5-11, but in a way totally different than Habakkuk had expected. God was raising up the evil Babylonians to punish his wayward people. This time, Habakkuk reacts in horror and even outrage at what God is doing, in 1:12-2:1. How could God use this wicked nation to do his work? In chapter 2 (s...