Should You Read the Entire Bible in One Year?
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Because Christianity Today only had space for a small excerpt of my response, here's the full answer I gave them...
"I’ve never been a big fan of reading through the Bible in a year. I know that makes me seem like a spiritual weakling. All my life I’ve been taught that the strongest Christians use the 'snow plow method;' they start in Genesis at the beginning of the year and plow all the way to Revelation by the end. The problem is most people never get past February, which I call Bible Bail-out Month; that’s when they hit Leviticus and give up.
The truth is reading through the Bible in a year is a good thing; I’ve done it several times myself and believe it should be on the spiritual bucket list of every Christian. I just think we should avoid making it our default methodology. So regardless of which Bible reading plan we use, let’s agree that the most important thing is not how much Scripture we read every year. It’s how much Scripture we apply every day."
So what do you think? Should Christians read through the entire Bible in one year? Feel free to add your comment to this blog. Thanks!
