Chronology

EDIT: Updated reading PDF for 2013.

I like reading through my Bible every year. And since it is the turn of the year, I'm sure I'm not alone and many of you are selecting your plan or have done so. But I wonder if others have just determined that they'll struggle through the same old list and risk passing out in February when Leviticus hits. (Don't dis my favorite OT book, but I understand the problem.) So if anyone is looking for a Bible reading plan for the new year that's a little different, but still covers the Bible in a year I offer up my Historical Backbone of Scripture plan.

Last year I worked through a kludged replica of Prof. Grant Horner's reading plan.  I found it a bit daunting for my own style of devotions and soon felt like I was laboring to keep up rather than enjoying God's word. That is the wrong state of mind. So I set out to change that.

The Historical Backbone of Scripture

I scaled Prof. Horner's plan back quite a bit and built one I simply call "The Historical Backbone of Scripture."  The plan consists of six divisions; and for my purposes represents the 66 books of the protestant canon.

Busier than a one armed paper hanger. It's probably not a very kind phrase but it's meaning is clear. I disappeared about three weeks ago and have only just now come up for air. I appreciate the posts that have kept coming. I started going through a bunch of dated comments this morning with the hopes of picking up where I left off but I quickly realized that the impending schedule ahead is no less busy than the one behind. So this little note to the world before I hunker down to finish the multiple projects before me.