Everyone Needs a Bible-Eater

Love this plan to read the Bible through in a year from Trent Hunter at www.trenthunter.net who now apparently has the market cornered on the greatest name ever given to a bible reading plan, Bible Eater.

From Trent’s blog:

Here’s a quick overview followed by an explanation of its features taken straight from Trent’s blog:

• Read 2-3 Old Testament chapters per day and take 4 days off per month, or use those days to catch up.
• Read 1-2 one-sitting designated Old Testament books in each 3-month period, indicated in blue.
• Read 1 New Testament chapter per day, 5 days per week.

Features:

1. Flexible Format: This plan has a balance of daily reading at a pace of about 2-3 and sometimes 4 chapters a day, and 4 days off per month. In addition, 1-2 Old Testament books are designated for a one-sitting read during each 3-month period, including Deuteronomy, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Isaiah. These books were chosen because they are the right length to keep the reading plan simple, but also because these books can be helpfully read in a single sitting for the big picture.
2. Reading Both Testaments Together: Some annual reading plans assign the first ten months to the Old Testament and the last two to the New Testament. Others get you in both testaments but have you in four different places every day. Since we read the Old Testament from the perspective of our New Testament position, it is good to read both together, but this plan keeps it simple with one track in each testament at a time. While the Old Testament is designed to be read in three-month blocks, the New Testament books can be read in any order.
3. Redemptive Historical Highlights: Every chapter in the Bible is important since every word in the book is from God. But some chapters are more crucial for helping us understand the overall narrative of the Bible’s salvation story. Red highlights indicate these kinds of chapters. Some contain promises of a prophet, a priest, a king, a new exodus, a new creation, etc. to come. Others show the need for this One in the unfolding drama of God’s grace to a rebellion-wrecked, suicidal humanity. New Testament highlights show the fulfillment of these great expectations in Jesus Christ.

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