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Bible in a Year
Only 20 Minutes a Day to Know the Power and Wonder of God's Word With Bible in a Year: Your Daily Encounter with God you can read through the entire Bible in a single year! Three daily readings, one each from the Old Testament, Wisdom Literature and the New Testament, keep you engaged as you make your way through the Bible. In addition, each of the daily readings is followed by a short, insightful reflection that will lead you to prayer and help plant God’s Word deep in your heart. Bible-in-a-Year is designed to give you daily selections from the Old Testament, New Testament, and Wisdom Literature to help you read and pray all 73 books of Holy Scripture in one year. Each daily reflection is intended to open up the Scriptures and facilitate a deeper meditation that leads to an encounter with God through his Word. The easy-to-use format will help inspire you to keep reading the Bible every day of the year—day by day, month by month, year after year. Through the daily reading of Sacred Scripture, you will hear the beauty and majesty of the Word that God intended just for you. There are several ways you might like to use the daily readings: Bible in one year, once a day: Follow the plan. Read each day's readings during your daily Bible reading time to finish the whole Bible in a year. Bible in one year, twice a day: Follow the plan, but in two daily sections. Read the Old Testament in the morning and the Wisdom literature and New Testament in the evening. Bible in two years: Read the Old Testament the first year, then the Wisdom literature and New Testament the second year. Scripture quotations are from the] Revised Standard Version of the Bible—Second Catholic Edition (Ignatius Edition), copyright © 2006 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
1344 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2018
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January 7, 2025can’t believe I actually finished this in exactly a year, but I did!!! such an awesome experience. I won’t reveal how many times I fell asleep while reading this (….) BUT I can say overall it was great.
no rating because this is Scripture. which is the first thing I want to acknowledge about reading the Bible — I have heard people say to me, DIRECTLY, that the Bible is merely an interesting book of poetry, which is downright blasphemous. if I wanted to read poetry I’d go read some Robert Frost. the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and that Word is living and true. it is also the person of Jesus. as I like to say: encounter the Word, encounter the Lord!!!!!
I am so glad I have read all of this, especially all of the Old Testament, because it has helped me understand so much more specifically the person of Jesus, how he fulfills Old Testament prophecy, and why what he did to reveal himself as the Christ is/was so important. the Old Testament also tells the story of God’s chosen people, and what a powerful story of LOVE and mercy that is!!
this was a lot to read every day, and I often found it difficult, at the end of a 20 to 30 minute reading session, to then spend time really reflecting/contemplating/praying with the Scripture passage. going forward, I hope to spend more time with smaller passages at a time, studying specific books a little at a time, and making good use of all the Bible resources we own! I also hope to write down verses I’ve saved by hand, and eventually my big goal is to begin memorizing Scripture. I also have hopes for daily Scripture study with our children as part of home education.
I would highly encourage anyone wanting to be more familiar with Scripture to do this! I didn’t love the reflections at the end of each day’s reading, but I’m not a big guided reflection person in general, and of course nothing can water down or negate one’s personal encounter with the LORD!!
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let him who hears say, “Come.” And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.” — Revelation 22:17
no rating because this is Scripture. which is the first thing I want to acknowledge about reading the Bible — I have heard people say to me, DIRECTLY, that the Bible is merely an interesting book of poetry, which is downright blasphemous. if I wanted to read poetry I’d go read some Robert Frost. the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and that Word is living and true. it is also the person of Jesus. as I like to say: encounter the Word, encounter the Lord!!!!!
I am so glad I have read all of this, especially all of the Old Testament, because it has helped me understand so much more specifically the person of Jesus, how he fulfills Old Testament prophecy, and why what he did to reveal himself as the Christ is/was so important. the Old Testament also tells the story of God’s chosen people, and what a powerful story of LOVE and mercy that is!!
this was a lot to read every day, and I often found it difficult, at the end of a 20 to 30 minute reading session, to then spend time really reflecting/contemplating/praying with the Scripture passage. going forward, I hope to spend more time with smaller passages at a time, studying specific books a little at a time, and making good use of all the Bible resources we own! I also hope to write down verses I’ve saved by hand, and eventually my big goal is to begin memorizing Scripture. I also have hopes for daily Scripture study with our children as part of home education.
I would highly encourage anyone wanting to be more familiar with Scripture to do this! I didn’t love the reflections at the end of each day’s reading, but I’m not a big guided reflection person in general, and of course nothing can water down or negate one’s personal encounter with the LORD!!
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let him who hears say, “Come.” And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.” — Revelation 22:17
December 27, 2020
Great for just reading the main parts of the Bible, but if you really want to understand what's going on and the historic context, it's not for you.
December 29, 2019
Great way to read the whole bible!
December 31, 2020
I am ashamed to say that this is my first time reading the entire Bible but I am thankful for the help of this book in finally accomplishing this.
May 31, 2021
Good flowing modern English translation that still maintains a quite literal translation.
The formatting of this “bible in a year” edition is well balanced. I took me approximately 10 minutes a day,
The formatting of this “bible in a year” edition is well balanced. I took me approximately 10 minutes a day,
December 20, 2022
Feel honored to finally have read the best selling book in the world.
May 19, 2024
Admittedly took me quite a bit longer than a year, but at least it was a do-able reading plan.
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