Finals

OK, I had a request for a post about finals. However, it's late at night (yes, 8:49 is late for me). I'll keep thinking about it, but while you're waiting here's a little something to make you smile.

written by Jerry Scott and illustrated by Jim Borgman

Reading through the Bible

Our pastor recently spoke of the importance of reading through the Bible. This has been pressed upon me numerous times in life. I know people who read through the Bible every year. I know someone who is reading through at a faster pace to catch up so that he will have read through the Bible once for every year of his Christian life. Another person I know of had an extended time for reading every day and wrote a four month, then two month, then one month plan for reading through the whole Bible. When you read a book like The Pilgrim's Progress, it is amazing how Christian, Faithful, and others speak as if they have the whole Bible memorized. Scriptures are peppered into their speech so often that it's as if they are speaking a language called "Bible." I've tried several times to stay on a "through the year" plan, but I've never made it thus far. However, since it's important not to give up and since there is no Scripture commanding how often we read, I have just kept plowing through and have made it to the end a number of times. Rob recommended reading through the whole Bible once, then the New Testament an extra time, then back to the whole Bible. This plan is working for me, but I don't keep track of how long it takes to get all the way through. Anyway, the point is to find a plan and just do it. Reading through the Bible is something that you will never regret.

Here are some plans. Some are better than others. There are five different plans to choose from offered by BibleYear.com.
Here is a 90 day plan if you are really ambitious.
Bible Gateway has several plans here. They can be read right there at their site, or you can sign up and have them sent to you each day.
Bible Study Tools.com has many plans including a two year plan if you want to take it slower and ease in.
This one is one of my favorites because you read a selection from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs each day.
Back to the Bible has several plans.
There are many more online.

Here are some helpful hints: Dos and Don'ts for Catching Up, Should you Fall Behind