Continue in the Scriptures

It is important that we continually be reading Scripture because we continually have new questions that need to be illuminated by its light.

Doug

Do You Trust the Bible In the Hands of New Believers?

If you are afraid to hand a new believer a Bible and say read, because you are worried that if you are not there to explain it to them they might end up with theological beliefs contrary to yours, you might be holding to the wrong theological system.

Doug

More Conservative than Scripture (Video)

Being more conservative than Scripture is no more praiseworthy than being more liberal than Scripture.

Doug

10 Ways Daily Bible Reading Will Enhance Corporate Worship

1. When a scripture is read you will already have some idea of the context of the passage and be able to draw more from it.

2. As you sing songs in worship you will recognize many of the passages of scriptures alluded to in the music, which will enrich the truths they are communicating.

3. You will better understand the significance of the ordinances like baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which will make you be able to see more of the imagery of the law and gospel in them.

4. As you study the text while it is being preached, you will be able to relate it to other passages of scripture not included in the sermon.

5. During discussion times you will better be able to contribute to discussions and edify others.

6. You will have a greater hunger for the word because you have been feeding on it and finding satisfaction in it. This hunger takes away much of the dryness that some people experience when attending church and makes it a pleasure to be in the house of the Lord.

7. In times of fellowship you will be able to apply the scripture to people’s lives as they talk about their daily joys and struggles.

8. It will reveal your sinfulness and give you strength as you fight against the indwelling sin in your own life, and make you better able to strengthen others. And better understanding this struggle produces contrition and begins to eliminate the pride which causes unneeded divisions in many churches.

9. As you desire success for your church, you will better understand what true church success is, and it will keep you trusting in the Lord who gives the increase instead of trusting in worldly tactics as you seek growth.

10. Since the Word moves us to prayer, you will be more prayerful as you spend time in the Lord’s house which is called a house of prayer.

This list is designed to let people know a few of the ways daily bible reading will enhance the corporate worship in bible teaching churches. If you attend a church where the bible is neglected and pop psychology is the main course, attending those types of churches while engaged in daily bible reading will only frustrate you. This is because you will find that motivational “preaching” neglects the main themes that run throughout scripture and replaces theology with therapy and replaces redemption with a self-help regimen. Of course even that frustration is a good thing.

-Doug Eaton-

Read the Bible in a Year (Calendar)

Follow this plan and you will complete the Bible in a year. The links are included so you can read the daily selection online if you would like.

Jan 1: Gen 1-3

Jan 2: Gen 4-7

Jan 3: Gen 8-11

Jan 4: Gen 12-15

Jan 5: Gen 16-18

Jan 6: Gen 19-21

Jan 7: Gen 22-24

Jan 8: Gen 25-26

Jan 9: Gen 27-29

Jan 10: Gen 30-31

Jan 11: Gen 32-34

Jan 12: Gen 35-37

Jan 13: Gen 38-40

Jan 14: Gen 41-42

Jan 15: Gen 43-45

Jan 16: Gen 46-47

Jan 17: Gen 48-50

Jan 18: Ex 1-3

Jan 19: Ex 4-6

Jan 20: Ex 7-9

Jan 21: Ex 10-12

Jan 22: Ex 13-15

Jan 23: Ex 16-18

Jan 24: Ex 19-21

Jan 25: Ex 22-24

Jan 26: Ex 25-27

Jan 27: Ex 28-29

Jan 28: Ex 30-32

Jan 29: Ex 33-35

Jan 30: Ex 36-38

Jan 31: Ex 39-40
Feb 1: Lev 1-4

Feb 2: Lev 5-7
Feb 3: Lev 8-10

Feb 4: Lev 11-13

Feb 5: Lev 14-15
Feb 6: Lev 16-18

Feb 7: Lev 19-21

Feb 8: Lev 22-23

Feb 9: Lev 24-25

Feb 10: Lev 26-27
Feb 11: Num 1-2

Feb 12: Num 3-4
Feb 13: Num 5-6

Feb 14: Num 7

Feb 15: Num 8-10
Feb 16: Num 11-13

Feb 17: Num 14-15

Feb 18: Num 16-17

Feb 19: Num 18-20

Feb 20: Num 21-22

Feb 21: Num 23-25

Feb 22: Num 26-27

Feb 23: Num 28-30

Feb 24: Num 31-32

Feb 25: Num 33-34

Feb 26: Num 35-36

Feb 27: Deut 1-2

Feb 28/29: Deut 3-4

Mar 1: Deut 5-7

Mar 2: Deut 8-10

Mar 3: Deut 11-13

Mar 4: Deut 14-16

Mar 5: Deut 17-20

Mar 6: Deut 21-23

Mar 7: Deut 24-27

Mar 8: Deut 28-29

Mar 9: Deut 30-31

Mar 10: Deut 32-34

Mar 11: Josh 1-4

Mar 12: Josh 5-8

Mar 13: Josh 9-11

Mar 14: Josh 12-15
Mar 15: Josh 16-18

Mar 16: Josh 19-21

Mar 17: Josh 22-24

Mar 18: Jud 1-2

Mar 19: Jud 3-5

Mar 20: Jud 6-7

Mar 21: Jud 8-9

Mar 22: Jud 10-12

Mar 23: Jud 13-15

Mar 24: Jud 16-18

Mar 25: Jud 19-21

Mar 26: 1Sam 1-3

Mar 27: 1Sam 4-8

Mar 28: 1Sam 9-12

Mar 29: 1Sam 13-14

Mar 30: 1Sam 15-17

Mar 31: 1Sam 18-20

Apr 1: 1Sam 21-24

Apr 2: 1Sam 25-27

Apr 3: 1Sam 28-31

Apr 4: 2Sam 1-3

Apr 5: 2Sam 4-6

Apr 6: 2Sam 7-10

Apr 7: 2Sam 11-13

Apr 8: 2Sam 14-15

Apr 9: 2Sam 16-18

Apr 10: 2Sam 19-21

Apr 11: 2Sam 22-24

Apr 12: 1King 1-2

Apr 13: 1King 3-5

Apr 14: 1King 6-7

Apr 15: 1King 8-9

Apr 16: 1King 10-11

Apr 17: 1King 12-14

Apr 18: 1King 15-17

Apr 19: 1King 18-20

Apr 20: 1King 21-22

Apr 21: 2King 1-4

Apr 22: 2King 5-8

Apr 23: 2King 9-11

Apr 24: 2King 12-14

Apr 25: 2King 15-17

Apr 26: 2King 18-19

Apr 27: 2King 20-22

Apr 28: 2King 23-25

Apr 29: Is 1-4

Apr 30: Is 5-8

May 1: Is 9-12

May 2: Is 13-17

May 3: Is 18-22

May 4: Is 23-27

May 5: Is 28-30

May 6: Is 31-35

May 7: Is 36-41

May 8: Is 42-44

May 9: Is 45-48

May 10: Is 49-53

May 11: Is 54-58

May 12: Is 59-63
May 13: Is 64-66

May 14: Jer 1-3

May 15: Jer 4-6

May 16: Jer 7-9

May 17: Jer 10-13

May 18: Jer 14-17

May 19: Jer 18-22

May 20: Jer 23-25

May 21: Jer 26-29

May 22: Jer 30-31

May 23: Jer 32-34

May 24: Jer 35-37

May 25: Jer 38-41

May 26: Jer 42-45
May 27: Jer 46-48

May 28: Jer 49-50

May 29: Jer 51-52

May 30: Ezek 1-3

May 31: Ezek 4-7

Jun 1: Ezek 8-10

Jun 2: Ezek 11-12

Jun 3: Ezek 13-15

Jun 4: Ezek 16-17

Jun 5: Ezek 18-20

Jun 6: Ezek 21-23

Jun 7: Ezek 24-27

Jun 8: Ezek 28-31

Jun 9: Ezek 32-34

Jun 10: Ezek 35-38

Jun 11: Ezek 39-41

Jun 12: Ezek 42-43

Jun 13: Ezek 44-45

Jun 14: Ezek 46-48

Jun 15: Hosea 1-7

Jun 16: Hosea 8-14

Jun 17: Joel

Jun 18: Amos 1-5

Jun 19: Amos 6-9

Jun 20: Obadiah; Jonah

Jun 21: Micah

Jun 22: Nahum; Habakkuk

Jun 23: Zephaniah; Haggai

Jun 24: Zech 1-7

Jun 25: Zech 8-14

Jun 26: Malachi

Jun 27: Ps 1-8

Jun 28: Ps 9-16

Jun 29: Ps 17-20

Jun 30: Ps 21-25

Jul 1: Ps 26-31

Jul 2: Ps 32-35

Jul 3: Ps 36-39

Jul 4: Ps 40-45

Jul 5: Ps 46-50

Jul 6: Ps 51-57

Jul 7: Ps 58-65

Jul 8: Ps 66-69

Jul 9: Ps 70-73

Jul 10: Ps 74-77

Jul 11: Ps 78-79

Jul 12: Ps 80-85

Jul 13: Ps 86-89

Jul 14: Ps 90-95

Jul 15: Ps 96-102

Jul 16: Ps 103-105

Jul 17: Ps 106-107

Jul 18: Ps 108-114

Jul 19: Ps 115-118

Jul 20: Ps 119:1-88

Jul 21: Ps 119:89-176

Jul 22: Ps 120-132

Jul 23: Ps 133-139

Jul 24: Ps 140-145

Jul 25: Ps 146-150

Jul 26: Prov 1-3

Jul 27: Prov 4-6

Jul 28: Prov 7-9

Jul 29: Prov 10-12

Jul 30: Prov 13-15

Jul 31: Prov 16-18

Aug 1: Prov 19-21

Aug 2: Prov 22-23

Aug 3: Prov 24-26

Aug 4: Prov 27-29

Aug 5: Prov 30-31

Aug 6: Job 1-5

Aug 7: Job 6-9
Aug 8: Job 10-13

Aug 9: Job 14-16

Aug 10: Job 17-20

Aug 11: Job 21-23

Aug 12: Job 24-28

Aug 13: Job 29-31

Aug 14: Job 32-34

Aug 15: Job 35-37

Aug 16: Job 38-39

Aug 17: Job 40-42

Aug 18: Solomon

Aug 19: Ruth

Aug 20: Lam 1-3:36

Aug 21: Lam 3:37-5:22

Aug 22: Ecc 1-4

Aug 23: Ecc 5-8

Aug 24: Ecc 9-12

Aug 25: Est 1-3

Aug 26: Est 4-6

Aug 27: Est 7-10

Aug 28: Dan 1-2

Aug 29: Dan 3-4

Aug 30: Dan 5-6

Aug 31: Dan 7-8

Sep 1: Dan 9-10

Sep 2: Dan 11-12

Sep 3: Ezra 1-2

Sep 4: Ezra 3-5

Sep 5: Ezra 6-7

Sep 6: Ezra 8-10

Sep 7: Neh 1-3

Sep 8: Neh 4-6

Sep 9: Neh 7-8

Sep 10: Neh 9-11

Sep 11: Neh 12-13

Sep 12: 1Chron 1-2

Sep 13: 1Chron 3-5

Sep 14: 1Chron 6

Sep 15: 1Chron 7-8

Sep 16: 1Chron 9-10

Sep 17: 1Chron 11-12

Sep 18: 1Chron 13-15

Sep 19: 1Chron 16-17

Sep 20: 1Chron 18-20

Sep 21: 1Chron 21-23

Sep 22: 1Chron 24-25

Sep 23: 1Chron 26-27

Sep 24: 1Chron 28-29

Sep 25: 2Chron 1-4

Sep 26: 2Chron 5-7

Sep 27: 2Chron 8-10

Sep 28: 2Chron 11-14

Sep 29: 2Chron 15-18

Sep 30: 2Chron 19-21

Oct 1: 2Chron 22-24

Oct 2: 2Chron 25-27

Oct 3: 2Chron 28-29

Oct 4: 2Chron 30-32

Oct 5: 2Chron 33-34

Oct 6: 2Chron 35-36

Oct 7: James

Oct 8: Gal 1-3

Oct 9: Gal 4-6

Oct 10: 1Thess

Oct 11: 2Thess

Oct 12: 1Cor 1-4

Oct 13: 1Cor 5-8

Oct 14: 1Cor 9-11

Oct 15: 1Cor 12-14

Oct 16: 1Cor 15-16

Oct 17: 2Cor 1-4

Oct 18: 2Cor 5-9

Oct 19: 2Cor 10-13
Oct 20: Rom 1-3

Oct 21: Rom 4-7

Oct 22: Rom 8-10

Oct 23: Rom 11-13

Oct 24: Rom 14-16

Oct 25: Matt 1-4

Oct 26: Matt 5-7

Oct 27: Matt 8-9

Oct 28: Matt 10-12

Oct 29: Matt 13-14

Oct 30: Matt 15-17

Oct 31: Matt 18-20

Nov 1: Matt 21-22

Nov 2: Matt 23-24

Nov 3: Matt 25-26

Nov 4: Matt 27-28

Nov 5: Mark 1-3

Nov 6: Mark 4-5

Nov 7: Mark 6-7

Nov 8: Mark 8-9

Nov 9: Mark 10-11

Nov 10: Mark 12-13

Nov 11: Mark 14

Nov 12: Mark 15-16

Nov 13: Luke 1

Nov 14: Luke 2-3

Nov 15: Luke 4-5

Nov 16: Luke 6-7

Nov 17: Luke 8-9

Nov 18: Luke 10-11

Nov 19: Luke 12-13

Nov 20: Luke 14-16

Nov 21: Luke 17-18

Nov 22: Luke 19-20

Nov 23: Luke 21-22

Nov 24: Luke 23-24

Nov 25: Eph 1-3

Nov 26: Eph 4-6

Nov 27: Col; Philemon

Nov 28: Philippians

Nov 29: Acts 1-3

Nov 30: Acts 4-6

Dec 1: Acts 7-8

Dec 2: Acts 9-10

Dec 3: Acts 11-13

Dec 4: Acts 14-16

Dec 5: Acts 17-19

Dec 6: Acts 20-22

Dec 7: Acts 23-25

Dec 8: Acts 26-28

Dec 9: 1Timothy

Dec 10: Titus

Dec 11: 1Peter

Dec 12: Heb 1-6

Dec 13: Heb 7-10

Dec 14: Heb 11-13

Dec 15: 2Timothy

Dec 16: 2Peter; Jude

Dec 17: John 1-2

Dec 18: John 3-4

Dec 19: John 5-6

Dec 20: John 7-8

Dec 21: John 9-10

Dec 22: John 11-12

Dec 23: John 13-15

Dec 24: John 16-18

Dec 25: John 19-21

Dec 26: 1John

Dec 27: 2John; 3John

Dec 28: Rev 1-5

Dec 29: Rev 6-11

Dec 30: Rev 12-18

Dec 31: Rev 19-22

Bible Reading Calendar for January

Did you make a resolution to read through the Bible at least one time this year? If so here is a calendar to get you started for January.

Jan 1: Gen 1-3
Jan 2: Gen 4-7
Jan 3: Gen 8-11
Jan 4: Gen 12-15
Jan 5: Gen 16-18
Jan 6: Gen 19-21
Jan 7: Gen 22-24
Jan 8: Gen 25-26
Jan 9: Gen 27-29
Jan 10: Gen 30-31
Jan 11: Gen 32-34
Jan 12: Gen 35-37
Jan 13: Gen 38-40
Jan 14: Gen 41-42
Jan 15: Gen 43-45
Jan 16: Gen 46-47
Jan 17: Gen 48-50
Jan 18: Ex 1-3
Jan 19: Ex 4-6
Jan 20: Ex 7-9
Jan 21: Ex 10-12
Jan 22: Ex 13-15
Jan 23: Ex 16-18
Jan 24: Ex 19-21
Jan 25: Ex 22-24
Jan 26: Ex 25-27
Jan 27: Ex 28-29
Jan 28: Ex 30-32
Jan 29: Ex 33-35
Jan 30: Ex 36-38
Jan 31: Ex 39-40