Bible Reading Plans
There are many different ways to read through the Bible, and here are a few we have found to be helpful: All these plans are good every year. Try one this coming year, and work on another the following year. If you need help or advice, please contact the church.
The 5-Day Bible Reading Program - This plan is 5 (instead of 7 days a week). It covers the entire Bible in a year and is pseudo-chronological in nature. Looks like a great option and less intense than the M'Cheyne Plan.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne Plan - This plan takes you through the Old Testament once and the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs twice in one calendar year. [Here is a printable PDF]
This blog is a web-based version of D.A. Carson's excellent devotional commentary that follows M'Cheyne's plan. It's an excellent companion resource.
One-Year Chronological Plan (NLT) - This is the plan we as a church are following in 2024.
Chronological Plan - This plan follows the chronology of Scripture rather than the canonical order of the books.
Discipleship Journal Reading Plan - Commonly known as the 5x5x5 reading plan, this plan will lead you through the New Testament in a year by reading 5 minutes a day, 5 days a week. It will also suggest 5 ways to dig deeper as you read.
Plan for Shirkers and Slackers - This is a more relaxed plan to read the Bible in a year.
Here is a site that has various plans listed. Whatever you do, please make a plan for this year as to how you will engage with God’s Word in your daily life.
No matter what plan you use, reading your Bible is important, and Matt Smethurst has some good advice (this is still currently for 2020, but the advice is still good) on how to approach reading the Bible this year.
Devotional
The Valley of Vision
This is a collection of Puritan Prayers that will help inform your own prayer life.
Morning & Evening
This classic work by Charles Spurgeon contains devotional thoughts for both morning and evening of each day.
You can also find it online at www.spurgeon.org
Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession and Catechisms is a wonderful document that summarizes the systematic theology of the Scriptures. This is a great place to start, and has been used since the 1700's in training Christians in what they believe. You can subscribe to it as a daily email and it will get your through the whole of the Westminster Standards in a year.
New Morning Mercies
Excellent devotional book that brings the grace and mercy of God to bear on our everyday lives.
A Godward Life
This is the first in a series of three devotionals by John Piper.
Saving Grace
This is a short devotional of thoughts from years of Jack Miller's sermons. Wonderful focus on the grace of God.
Book Recommendations
Looking for an edifying book? Want to read one of the confessions or creeds we use on Sunday morning? Need to buy a new Bible? We have a list of good resources on our Tumblr blog, populated primarily by works which Chad mentions in his sermons.