A Personal Story - And a Challenge

Years ago I heard Pastor Jeff Adams of Kansas City Baptist Temple tell how he read through the Bible every 30 days for three years. He would never tell me how long it took him. He would only say, "Not nearly as long as you think." Not so many years ago, I realized that it had been a while since I read through the Bible. I had done in depth studies but had not read through the Bible from beginning to end in some time. This time I decided to read through a couple of times in one year instead of just once. I found myself enjoying reading so much that I finished reading through the Bible in TWO MONTHS! I had wondered what it would be like to read through in 30 days as Jeff had done and I decided that once in my lifetime I was going to do this. I set May of 2007 as the month to try and in that month, I read through the Bible in thirty days.

Here is what I discovered. I can read through the Bible in 30 days by reading 2 1/2 hours per day. It doesn't take much TV viewing or magazine and newspaper reading to take up that much time. Why not read the Bible instead? By reading long passages (about 30 pages a day) I caught more of the flavor of the Bible. I felt I had a better since of the flow of the Bible and how it is interconnected. I also felt I got more of the flavor of God's Word in my own life.

People who heard what I was attempting kept saying, "You can't possibly be getting anything out of it, ripping through the Bible that way!" The truth is, I got more out of my Bible reading than I ever have before.

What about you? Why not, ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME try to read through the Bible in 30, 60 or 90 days? You won't be sorry you tried. The reading schedules linked to the left are computer generated. Give it a try - and let me know what you think.