Well, the Cross Conference continues today in Louisville, and ends tomorrow on Saturday,

and over 7,000 young men and women are registered for the Conference in Kentucky, which should

prompt all of us to pray about what God might do with how many young men and women who

are considering giving their lives to the nations as missionaries.

But even as you travel, the questions keep arriving from listeners facing a year of

Bible reading ahead, and this email is from Jeff.

Hi, Pastor John, through various seasons of my life, I've administered through the Bible

and through other books, and especially through your own books.

In 2019, how can I best balance Bible reading with reading other books specifically?

If I have only an hour a day to read, how would you suggest I allocate my time between

the Bible and other books?

That's a nice specific way to ask it.

Like you go one hour, you got your Bible, and you got some other books, tell me what to

do.

Wow.

This is risky, you know, to tell somebody how to apportion their time between the Bible,

the very word of God, and other books.

But I will give a very specific suggestion in just a moment, but first, a couple thoughts.

When I read this question, I wasn't sure what kind of books Jeff had in mind.

He is asking about Bible reading versus reading pilgrim's progress, Packers knowing God,

Calvin's Institutes, or is he asking about reading the Bible versus reading sports illustrated

or national geographic or a novel, a manual on how to be a mechanic or a science school

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