We are already in the second week of the New Year, but it not too late to begin something that will possibly be life changing. If you have never read the Bible all the way through, why not try to do it this year? There is a great benefit of finding a disciplined way of going through the entire Bible. It offers a certain perspective of seeing how everything hangs together in a single story of redemption. Secondly, it keeps one aware of the balance of seeing the unity of the Gospel as one single truth. We can become unbalanced in our thinking if we just stay in the New Testament and never look in the Old Testament. It is true if we look at only Paul’s letters and not John or live in the Gospels and not the Epistles. I know people who follow Paul, but not John and I know Christians who love John, but can’t stomach Paul. Reading the Bible with equal weight, equal authority and with balanced hearing, will save us from being a lopsided believer. A car needs four good wheels to run properly. We need the wheels of a balanced diet of the whole Scriptures to get along in this life. If your life seems out of balance, let me suggest you spend time in the Bible this year, as a major goal.
Here is a helpful guide that I have found.
Faith Presbyterian Church of Tacoma, WA make it available:
http://media.faithtacoma.org/pdf/FPC-ReadingPlan-2010.pdf
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