Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
One-Year Bible Reading Guide
Provided by BackToTheBible.Org
Many Bible reading schedules designed to take the reader through the Bible in a year are available.
In recent years, "One-Year Bibles" with the text already divided into daily readings have appeared in
the book market as well as on the Internet. What are the differences in the several Bible reading plans?
One of the reading schedules is designed to take the reader through the Bible in chronological order.
Hence, the poetic and prophetic books of the Old Testament are inserted at approximately their place
of occurrence in the historical books. For example, the reading of the Psalms is placed after their
historical treatment of David's reign, because of David's connection with the Psalms. In the
New Testament, Paul's letters have been placed amid the readings in Acts which approximate
their time of writing. The date of many of the New Testament letters is uncertain, so the order
presented is, to a certain extent, conjectural. The schedule deviates from chronological organization
only in that there is a reading from both the Old and New Testaments for each day and gospel
narratives are inserted according to the probable date of composition.
(Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary )
Following this guide, you will read the Old Testament and New Testament together. Your knowledge of the
Old Testament will be enhanced by what you read simultaneously in the New Testament.
