Welcome
to All Saints' "Read the Bible in a Year"
5th
Dec 2011 to 4th Dec 2012
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Starting 5th December
2011 the All Saints’ community joins together to read the entire Bible
in a year.
Here is a plan which means we all read the same chapters at about the same time. There will usually be two chapters from the Old Testament and one from the New to read each day, allowing us to read right through the whole Bible in the coming year (notice that you get to read John’s Gospel and Jude twice!) The Old Testament readings come in approximate chronological order and not in the order found in your Bible.
It will take you about 15 minutes each day – so you may need to put some time aside to do this – you might even like to spread the reading throughout the day. By the end of the year you may not be able to remember everything you have read, but you should have a better overall understanding of how the Bible tells its grand story.
Please don’t worry if you get behind with the readings. Don’t try to catch up if you have missed more than a couple of days, but just join in again when you can. Reading together as a community (including Footsteps as well as the Sri Lankan and the Philippino churches meeting in our building)– with others joining us via the web-site – we can encourage each other and pray for each other as we read.
It is a good idea to pray before and after you read, even using a Bible verse that you have read recently (you will find lots of useful prayers for all occasions in the book of Psalms). This is God’s word; allow Him some space and time to speak to you through what you read.
What Bible version should I read? The one that you are most comfortable with. It is good to read a version that you can understand when reading so much. If you are a regular Bible studier you might take this opportunity to try a different version than your usual one: it often opens up different things. The NRSV and the NIV are good translations (true to the original texts) in up-to-date language. If English is not your first language or you would prefer something simpler, the Good News Bible is a good paraphrase that is easy to read. The Message is a fantastic modern American paraphrase and easy to understand.
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