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 :   John 16 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     The Farewell Discourse wraps up in chapter 16 with a trio of disparate promises. First, Jesus promised that the disciples would suffer on behalf of Jesus.  They would be rejected and driven out of the synagogues by the same religious leaders who hated Jesus. Then he promised the ministry of the Spirit to reveal all truth to them in the days ahead. He makes a remarkable claim in verse 7, that it is to their advantage that Jesus would leave and send the Spirit. Not a single disciple ...

  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 :   John 15 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     Jesus continues, in his "Farewell Discourse," to prepare his disciples for the explosion that would take place the next day, as their lives would be blown apart. In today's reading, Jesus focuses on our abiding in him, and on the consequences of that - the reality of persecution. He returns to the topic of the work of the Holy Spirit as well.  Daily Devotional:  Abiding in Christ I love Christmas trees. Decorating the tree, and packing on the lights and ornaments, is one of my...

  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 :   John 14 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     I've always loved mountains. Maybe it's because I lived so long in flat places like Florida and Iowa, but the majesty and awe-inspiring beauty of mountains move me. John 14-16 is a mountaintop of scripture. Like Romans 8, Psalm 23, 1 Corinthians 13, or John 3, it is among the Himalayan peaks of God's word. It is a message that Jesus preached to his disciples the night before he died, his last words to them, preparing them to handle life when he went away. The entire sermon is about the ...

  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 :   Luke 22:31-38, John 13:31-38 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     As the end drew near, as the supper wrapped up, Jesus engaged his disciples in several ways to prepare them for what lay ahead. John tells us that Jesus laid out a new commandment, one that would be the dominant mandate for the church that his disciples would establish. They were to "love one another." Unfortunately, after he set out this wonderful command, he then had to give Peter some bad news. Confident that he could follow Jesus to the ends of the earth and end...

  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 :   Matthew 26:20-29, Mark 14:17-25, Luke 22:14-30, John 13:21-30   In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     For nearly 2000 years, people have gathered in homes, in tunnels, in caves, in cathedrals, in forests, in churches, and in many other places to take a piece of bread and drink the fruit of the vine to remember the body of Christ which bore our sins and the blood which washes us white as snow. In today's readings, Jesus initiates the Lord's Supper, the ordinance that has been such a blessing (and a source of much controversy) 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 :   Matthew 26:1-19, Mark 14:1-16, Luke 22:1-13, John 13:1-20 In Bible Gateway, we will link to the NIV this year, though you can choose any version you prefer.  Background:     And now it gets serious.  To this point, the religious leaders have hated Jesus.  They've schemed and plotted against him. But now they actually are planning his death. They have put feet to their hate and set in motion the scheme that would result in the passion of the Christ.  They get a break when Judas got upset with Jesus over a financial matter. A woman anointed him with expensive perfume, and Judas wanted it given t...