
Originally Posted by
Scott Taylor
At my church we got finished reading "The Story" which takes the Bible and presents it chronologically but only hitting the highlights and broad sweeps. It was pretty good and I'd recommend it if you want to get an overview as well as the detailed version.
Here is a plan I found for a chronological reading of the Bible. Interesting:
Day Today's Scripture Reading Description
Day 1 Genesis 1-3 Creation and Fall
Day 2 Genesis 12, 15, and 22 Abraham, Isaac
Day 3 Job 1-3 and 38-42 Story of Job
Day 4 Exodus 1-5, 12-14, and 20 Moses and the Law
Day 5 Leviticus 1, 10-11, 16, and 25-26 Instructions
Day 6 Numbers 3-4, 6, and 11-14 Journey to the Promised Land
Day 7 Deuteronomy 5-8, 28-31, and 34 Moses' last message to the Israelites
Day 8 Joshua 1-6 and 23-24 Joshua, Israelites enter the Promised Land
Day 9 Judges 1-4 and 13-16 Period of the Judges
Day 10 Ruth 1-4 Story of Ruth
Day 11 1 Samuel 7-10, 12 King Saul
Day 12 1 Samuel 15-20, 28, and 31 King Saul
Day 13 2 Samuel 5-8, 1 Chronicles 15-17 King David
Day 14 2 Samuel 11-13, 15, and 18 King David
Day 15 1 Chronicles 21-22, and 28-29 King David
Day 16 Psalms 1, 8, 19, 23, 51, 100, 103 and 139 Psalms of King David
Day 17 1 Kings 3, 6-12 King Solomon
Day 18 2 Chronicles 5-10 King Solomon
Day 19 Ecclesiastes 1-5 and 12 King Solomon
Day 20 Song of Songs 1-2, Proverbs 1-3 King Solomon
Day 21 2 Chronicles 14-16 King Asa
Day 22 1 Kings 17-19, and 21 Elijah
Day 23 2 Kings 1-2, 6-7, 11-12 Elijah, Elisha, Kings
Day 24 2 Chronicles 24-26 Kings
Day 25 Joel 2, Jonah 1, Amos 3, Micah 1-2 Prophecies
Day 26 Isaiah 1-2, 6, Hosea 1-4 Prophecies
Day 27 2 Kings 17-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32 Hezekiah
Day 28 Isaiah 40 and 52-55 Consolation of Israel
Day 29 2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35 Manasseh, Josiah
Day 30 Nahum 1, Zephaniah 3, Jeremiah 1-5, Habakkuk 1 Prophecies
Day 31 Ezekiel 1-3, 18, and 33, Lamentations 3, Obadiah Fall of Jerusalem
Day 32 Daniel 1-2, 4-6 Daniel
Day 33 Ezra 3, 6-7, Haggai, Zechariah 1-2 Return, rebuilding of Jerusalem
Day 34 Esther 1-4, 7-8 Story of Esther
Day 35 Nehemiah 1-2, 4, and 6 Rebuilding the wall
Day 36 Malachi Last Old Testament prophecies
Day 37 Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2 Birth of Jesus
Day 38 John 1, Mark 1, John 3-4 Early ministry of Jesus
Day 39 Luke 4-6, Mark 2-4 Teachings of Jesus
Day 40 Matthew 5-7 Sermon on the Mount
Day 41 Mark 10, Luke 8-12, Matthew 17-18 More teachings of Jesus
Day 42 John 13-17 Jesus' upper room discourse
Day 43 Matthew 26-28, Mark 15-16 Death and resurrection of Jesus
Day 44 Luke 22-24, John 19-21 Death and resurrection of Jesus
Day 45 Acts 1-4, 8-10, 12-14 The Church starts, scatters, expands
Day 46 Galatians 3-6 Paul's warnings about true vs. false religion
Day 47 James 1-3, Acts 15 Teachings and ministry of James
Day 48 1 Thessalonians 2 and 4; 2 Thessalonians 3 Paul's letters on adversity and persecution
Day 49 1 Corinthians 1-2 and 13 Paul's writings on living, loving like Jesus
Day 50 2 Corinthians 4-5 and 8-9 Paul's writings on authentic Christianity
Day 51 Romans 5-8 and 12 Paul's letter on Christian doctrine, practice
Day 52 Philemon; Ephesians 4-6 Paul's writings on practical Christian living
Day 53 Colossians 1 and 3; Philippians 2 and 4 Paul's writings on growing in Christ
Day 54 1 Peter 1 and 4-5 Peter's first letter to the Church
Day 55 1 Timothy 1-3; Titus 2 Paul's teaching on Church leadership
Day 56 Jude; 2 Peter 1 Jude and Peter's writings on true vs. false religion
Day 57 2 Timothy 3-4 Paul's example, encouragement to Timothy
Day 58 Hebrews 10-13 Teachings about living for Jesus Christ
Day 59 1 John 1-3 John's letter on loving Christ, each other
Day 60 2 John; 3 John John's postcard letters to friends
Day 61 Revelation 1-4, 19-22 Jesus Christ's revelation to John