andrew dodson

Two days ago on Facebook, I came across a new-to-me Bible reading plan.  It was created by Grant Horner, a professor at Master’s College (where John MacArthur is president).  The main gist of the plan is that you read one chapter from ten different books of the Bible every day.  In his description, he says it may take an hour a day, but I’ve done it in less than 40 minutes each of the last two days, and I’m not the fastest of readers in the world.

What I like about the plan is that it gives you such a broad view of Scripture all at once.  Right now – to start – I’m in Genesis, Joshua, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Matthew, Acts, Romans and 1 Thessalonians.  The next thing that I like about the plan is that it’s not dependent upon reading the Bible in a certain amount of time (one year, six months, etc.).  If I want, I can double up and read two chapters per day.  If I miss a day, I don’t have to catch back up.  It’s a read-at-your-own-pace kind of a plan.

The tricky part of the plan, for me, so far has been using one specific Bible.  I’m the guy with thirty different Bibles, so when I read Prof. Horner’s suggestion to use the same Bible, I spent a decent amount of time weighing my options.  In the end, I’ve decided to use my ESV Journaling Bible.  It’s fairly small, so it’s easy to tote around.  It’s hardback, so it should hold up well to repeated use.  And, it’s meant to be written in, so I can highlight passages and take notes in the margins (and no, I’m not hard core about not writing in Bibles, I just don’t like writing in the ones I own – I keep a notebook/journal instead).

Time will tell if I actually stick to this plan, but it’s actually motivated me a lot the last few days.  Check out the link below for full details.

> Horner Bible Reading Plan