Dave Miller's 2025 Bible Reading Challenge

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Hosea 6-7, 1 Peter 2, Psalm 135:8–14, Proverbs 29:12–13      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Not of This World "This world is not my home, I'm just a-passing though." Those words of an old country gospel song teach a truth we need to hear. Too many Christians are too tied to this world - its riches, its pleasures, its ambitions, and achievements - and do not un...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Hosea 4-5, 1 Peter 1, Psalm 135:1–7, Proverbs 29:9–11      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Heavenly-minded "You are so heavenly-minded you are of no earthly good." That was a favorite insult of a group in my college days, those who had abandoned the gospel of Jesus Christ for what is often called the "social gospel." They believed that we were put here to make...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Hosea 1-3, James 5, Psalm 133–134, Proverbs 29:7–8      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   God's Wayward People The prophets did some weird things to demonstrate the anger of God against sin and the love of God for his people. One wore ill-fitting undergarments to show how irritating Israel's sin was. But Hosea's story is perhaps the most graphic of all. God comm...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 11-12, James 4, Psalm 132:13–18, Proverbs 29:4–6      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   An Adulterous Bride On August 27, 1978, I stood in front of a preacher (who doubled as my father) and made promises to God and to the woman standing next to me. I promised to stick with her for better and worse, richer and poorer, in sickness and in health. Along with ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 9-10, James 3, Psalm 132:6–12, Proverbs 29:1–3      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Satan's Servant When I look back on my nearly 6 decades of Christianity, I would surmise that the highest percentage of my sins have involved my tongue. I avoided most of the "big" sins that sidetrack so many in their earlier years, and I would have to confess t...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 7-8, James 2, Psalm 132:1–5, Proverbs 28:27–28      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Faith that Works Many have seen a conflict between Paul's consistent teaching on salvation by faith alone and the assertion of James in James 2:17 that faith without works is dead. James says in verse 21 that Abraham was justified by works, when Paul maintained that Abrah...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 5-6, James 1, Psalm 130:5–131:3, Proverbs 28:25–26      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   To See God's Power Wouldn't it be great if we could see the kind of miracles today that were seen in Daniel's day?  Three men were thrown into a fiery furnace and came out unharmed; a hand that writes a message to a pagan king on the wall; a ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 3-4, Hebrews 13:20–25, Psalm 130:1–4, Proverbs 28:22–24      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Into the Fire It is one of my favorite stories in the Bible and has been since my youth. It has drama and tension and intrigue - everything that makes a story grand. It begins in the mind of a megalomaniac named Nebuchadnezzar, who constructs a 90-foot-high golde...

  Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Daniel 1-2, Hebrews 12:18–13:19, Psalm 129, Proverbs 28:20–21      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  Moral Courage Daniel is one of the truly great men of biblical history. He is one of the few characters in the Bible's story without a major flaw or a sinful failing. From his boyhood in captivity until his older years in the lion's den and through all the visions God g...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Ezekiel 47-48, Hebrews 12:1–17, Psalm 128, Proverbs 28:17–19      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   And the Crowd Cheers It is one of my favorite metaphors for the Christian life. Having been a marathon runner (slow and steady doesn't win the race, but it gets to the finish line!), I find the words of Hebrews 12:1-2 meaningful. Therefore, since we also have such...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Ezekiel 45-46, Hebrews 11:15–40, Psalm 127, Proverbs 28:15–16      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Faith is the Victor Imagine what you could do if you just had more faith! That's what the spiritual shysters tell you. Work up a little more confidence, positive confession, words of affirmation, or however they define faith, and you can have whatever you want. F...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Ezekiel 43-44, Hebrews 11:1–14, Psalm 126, Proverbs 28:12–14      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:  In the Mirror "Christians need to be more positive, to spend less time focusing on sin and judgment and more time focusing on God's love, acceptance and grace." It sounds great, doesn't it? I don't like to think about my own failures and the guilt of my sins. ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Ezekiel 41-42, Hebrews 10, Psalm 125, Proverbs 28:10–11      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   In the Holy of Holies It was hard to get to God in the Old Testament era. One had to travel to Jerusalem (or wherever the Tabernacle was in the pre-temple days) and secure a sacrifice. That sacrifice was taken by the priests and put on the altar. But to enter the Holy ...

   Reading the Bible in 2025 Each day this year, we will read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a portion of the Psalms, and a part of Proverbs. By the end of the year, you will have read the entire Bible. We read this way to give you a bit of variety.  NOTE: If you get behind, do not give up. Read today's readings and try to catch up when you have a chance. The goal is not to "accomplish a task" but to meet God in his word. Read the word. Also, if you are short on time, READ GOD'S WORD and skip my devotional! Bible Readings:   Ezekiel 40, Hebrews 9, Psalm 124, Proverbs 28:7–9      Scriptures linked to Bible Gateway in ESV version  Daily Devotional:   Without the Shedding of Blood There is no doctrine more precious or abused than that of the love of God. It is glorious beyond words that God loves me and has acted by his grace to save me. Praise God! But the doctrine is twisted and perverted as well into the idea that God ...