The Case Against Bible Reading Plans

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This is an exclusive episode of Getting Schooled from Holy Post Plus! Lots of us do Bible-in-a-year reading plans, for good reason—but how much do we retain? Are we treating the Bible like a vitamin supplement? Kaitlyn and Skye break down the history, pros, and cons of daily Bible reading plans.

0:28 - Theme Song

3:14 - History of “Bible in a Year” Plans

10:32 - Treating the Bible like a Vitamin?

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15:30 - Biblical Illiteracy

18:16 - More Time in Scripture

25:05 - What to Read Next!

3057 - End Credits

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Brazos Commentary Series - https://a.co/d/hc6c2OI

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0:00.0	Hey friends. We're taking a little break from our usual Curiously Caitlin episodes, but don't worry, we're not leaving you empty-handed. A friendly reminder that getting schooled episodes are usually exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers. So if you like this kind of content and want more of it, make sure to subscribe to Holy Post Plus to get access to all of the getting schooled episodes, along with all of the other great content on Holy Post Plus. I don't know. That doesn't make any sense. Curiously.
0:38.9	Yeah.
0:43.9	All right, kids, we're back in class with Caitlin Chess.
0:44.3	Hi, Caitlin.
0:44.9	How are you?
0:45.9	Hi, Sky.
0:46.3	I'm good.
0:46.8	How are you?
0:53.7	I'm a little under the weather, and I lost my school bell app, so we don't have our buzzer to call us to class today.
0:57.6	Yeah.
0:58.1	Well, everyone just do it on your own head.
1:00.5	So today it's the beginning of the year.
1:02.6	It's January.
1:03.8	We're kicking off.
1:04.6	Everyone's got their resolutions.
1:06.2	Everyone's reading their Bible, afresh, a new, starting in Genesis,
1:10.9	through the Bible in a year.
1:12.1	So you wanted to talk about Bible reading plans.
1:14.8	Yeah.
1:16.3	Okay, first off, do you have one that you use or are using currently?
1:21.7	That's a great question.
1:22.6	I have in the past been a quite diligent read the Bible in a year person. I was like probably 15,
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