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(...because a poll is a poll, and a roll is a roll. If we don't take no polls, we don't eat no rolls. I made that up.)
Someone in either the DART thread or Streams thread asked about which book in the Bible to read next. There are lots of different ways to tackle the Word of God, really, and we all have what works for us. This thread asks a simple question: how do YOU take your Daily Bread? What's your reading plan, as it were? Why is that plan the right plan for you?
Feel free to ask questions and discuss pros and cons. Keep it focused on the Word, and not on the person posting, please. (In other words, keep personal attacks to a minimum...the minimum being zero.)
I'll go first. My current reading plan is a personal tweak of the Horner system. I've completed the Horner system once, and when I finished it, I modified it to my own tastes. The original was 10 chapters a day (just read, don't study!), my tweak pares it slightly to 8 chapters (less to save time and more to eliminate books that were getting monotonous). In the system that Dr. Horner sets up, you start at the beginning of each category and read one chapter from each every day. Again, just read, don't study.
Gospels - Matthew 1
Pentatuch - Genesis 1
Major Epistles - Romans 1
Minor Epistles - I Thessalonians 1
Wise Poetry - Job 1 (Ecc and Songs is in this category)
Psalms - Chapter 1
Proverbs - Chapter 1
OT History - Joshua 1
OT Prophecy - Isaiah 1
NT History - Acts 1 (It's the only book.)
The plan takes 250 days (OT Prophecy is 250 chapters and OT History is 249). You end up reading the Gospels and Epistles about 3 times, Psalms and the Pentatuch one and a half times, and Proverbs and Acts 8(!) times. The repetitive reading takes the place of deep study, and as you cycle through the categories a second time, they overlap in different places, so every day reads differently.
The plan is not for everyone, but it is great for me. I do miss days, or have short days (only read the first half, read the next half the next day), but since I've already been through it, I don't stress. For the first month, it was taking 45-60 minutes, but as I got used to just reading and not studying, it consistently became 45 minutes. Once I'd cycled through the Gospels, Epistles, Proverbs, and Acts, I found that I was reading them faster, and was generally getting done in about 30 minutes. Once I finished it, I tweaked it so that Acts and Proverbs were no longer daily, giving me only 8 chapters, so I could actually slow down a tick. I get done in about 25-30 minutes. Sometimes I do my reading in between sets at the gym; it makes time sort of fade when I integrate my physical and spiritual workouts. ^_^
Your turn! How do YOU read?
Someone in either the DART thread or Streams thread asked about which book in the Bible to read next. There are lots of different ways to tackle the Word of God, really, and we all have what works for us. This thread asks a simple question: how do YOU take your Daily Bread? What's your reading plan, as it were? Why is that plan the right plan for you?
Feel free to ask questions and discuss pros and cons. Keep it focused on the Word, and not on the person posting, please. (In other words, keep personal attacks to a minimum...the minimum being zero.)
I'll go first. My current reading plan is a personal tweak of the Horner system. I've completed the Horner system once, and when I finished it, I modified it to my own tastes. The original was 10 chapters a day (just read, don't study!), my tweak pares it slightly to 8 chapters (less to save time and more to eliminate books that were getting monotonous). In the system that Dr. Horner sets up, you start at the beginning of each category and read one chapter from each every day. Again, just read, don't study.
Gospels - Matthew 1
Pentatuch - Genesis 1
Major Epistles - Romans 1
Minor Epistles - I Thessalonians 1
Wise Poetry - Job 1 (Ecc and Songs is in this category)
Psalms - Chapter 1
Proverbs - Chapter 1
OT History - Joshua 1
OT Prophecy - Isaiah 1
NT History - Acts 1 (It's the only book.)
The plan takes 250 days (OT Prophecy is 250 chapters and OT History is 249). You end up reading the Gospels and Epistles about 3 times, Psalms and the Pentatuch one and a half times, and Proverbs and Acts 8(!) times. The repetitive reading takes the place of deep study, and as you cycle through the categories a second time, they overlap in different places, so every day reads differently.
The plan is not for everyone, but it is great for me. I do miss days, or have short days (only read the first half, read the next half the next day), but since I've already been through it, I don't stress. For the first month, it was taking 45-60 minutes, but as I got used to just reading and not studying, it consistently became 45 minutes. Once I'd cycled through the Gospels, Epistles, Proverbs, and Acts, I found that I was reading them faster, and was generally getting done in about 30 minutes. Once I finished it, I tweaked it so that Acts and Proverbs were no longer daily, giving me only 8 chapters, so I could actually slow down a tick. I get done in about 25-30 minutes. Sometimes I do my reading in between sets at the gym; it makes time sort of fade when I integrate my physical and spiritual workouts. ^_^
Your turn! How do YOU read?
