The One Year Through the Bible Devotional: 365 Devotions That Guide You Through God's Word within a Year

by David R. Veerman

Cultivating the discipline to connect with God in a meaningful way can be difficult. Reading the Bible in a year can be a daunting task. But with The One Year Through the Bible Devotional, it is a very attainable goal. Why? Because The One Year through the Bible Devotional guides you through the Scriptures on a daily basis. Just read the daily scripture passage and devotional and two pages. You will read the Bible through within a year and understand it in a deeper, more personal way. Most importantly, you'll have an enriched Christian life because you'll have taken the time every day to seek God's guidance from his Word.

Genres: Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 2007

About the author

Dave Veerman is the author of more than sixty books, including Tough Parents of Tough Times, When Your Father Dies, and Letting Them Go, and he was a senior editor of the Life Application Study Bible. Dave is co-owner of The Livingstone Corporation, a company that serves Christian publishers by creating, developing, and producing books, Bible, Bible studies, curricula, and other products. He currently presents Understanding Your Teenager seminars across the country. He holds a B.A. from Wheaton College and an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Dave and his wife, Gail, have two grown children and reside in Illinois.

Reviews

[Qweesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book helped me break up the Bible to study. As a newer Christian, I struggled with how much the chapters were bunched up per day.

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm always on the look out for a new devotional or plan for reading through the Bible in a year. This devotional book takes you through the Bible in a consecutive fashion, unlike ones that have you read portions of the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and/or Proverbs each day. I found that I was able to understand the flow of the individual books much better and got more out of the daily devotions as well. As always, most devotions will resonate with most readers... there are always a few with which you will quibble, but, then again, that keeps the thought processes working!

[Jeff Bowen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being that the book was based from the NLT version, it was a little hard to understand from a long time NIV reader. While the book was very detailed and gave daily reading plans, the wording was just difficult to understand. If the book was based on either the NIV or KJV versions, it probably would of made better sense.

[Mindi Lamar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book with a group. I didn't always agree with Veerman's commentaries-felt he chose portions of scripture not as important to focus on. That was his prerogative but I got more out of the discussion our group did on Facebook. It is a good way, however, to read through the bible in a year.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a wonderful tool for helping me read the Bible (almost) daily in a thoughtful, prayerful way. For each day there was a reading assignment, a commentary, and a general takeaway. Although I didn't always agree with some of the author's observations, his questions were thought-provoking and sometimes uncomfortable--which I think was the objective.

[NancyInWI · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm glad I read the Bible through (mostly) in the year, but the devotionals were odd. Picked out some remote verses from the reading and created a "meaning" that seemed more preachy than devotional to me. Was a bit more evangelical/fundamentalist than I expected.

[Darlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent daily devotional if you want to stay on track and read through the bible in a year.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

not bad