We stand on the doorstep of a new year, and with a new year, new resolves, and new determination

to read the entire Bible for ourselves, and knowing this is on the minds of many listeners

this time of year, we enter 2019 with a series of episodes to address your questions about

daily Bible reading.

And here is the first one from a listener named Dave, hello, Pastor Johnna, thank you for

this podcast.

My question is about Bible reading plans.

Some plans are familiar, plans to read the entire Bible canonically, or just the Old

Testament, or just the New Testament, and then chronological reading plans, and then two

or three year reading plans as well.

My question is what Bible reading plan do you recommend a first-timer to use when he

has never read the Bible entirely before?

And can you offer some tricks to keep in mind on first read?

Before I actually make a concrete specific recommendation about a Bible reading plan,

which I will do, let me make six or so observations that might fit into the category that Dave

asked when he says, any tricks to keep in mind.

I'm not just thinking he asked about, give me a program, but rather any tricks to be in

mind.

So here's what I think he might be getting at, and what I would offer in that category.

Number one, what I would recommend for a Bible reading through the Bible is it's going

to depend on at least five things that I don't know about Dave.

In other words, I'm qualifying my recommendation because I don't know him.

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