Deeperstudy Shallows: Daily Bible Reading Schedule

Want to go deeper? The following are useful resources for growing in your ability to study the Bible for yourself. Note: I work hard to find the best resources to recommend, but I cannot possibly endorse everything they might teach. Think for yourself!

Recommended for purchase:

Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (3rd ed., 2003).
This classic reader-friendly manual explains the different kinds of biblical literature---such as prophecy, Gospels, poetry, and history---so you can get the most from them. The newly revised edition includes an updated list of recommended resources and a new section on the Song of Songs. Highly recommended.

Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour (2002).
Your personal guide to reading the Bible with understanding. Experienced tour guides walk you through the Scriptures. Each book of the Bible has a quick snapshot, then an expanded view to help you better understand its key elements and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Features include: thumbnail of the book, brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes, pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing, section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger picture and how various parts work together. Written on a more popular level than How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.

John Stott. Understanding the Bible (1999).
Stott gives students, leaders, and new Christians an essential grasp of the Bible's message in the context of its georgaphical, historical, and ancient Jewish religious settings. He also enlarges our vision of Christ by revealing him as the focal point of the entire Bible. Stott answers the basic questions, such as Who wrote the Bible?; What is its message?; and Why is it thought to be a holy book?. Stott places Jesus in his proper geographical, religious, and historical setting. Maps and focus questions are at the beginning of each chapter. Stott's commitment to the Bible as God's inspired Word greatly enhances his teaching.

Online resources:

World Bible School – Enroll in free Bible study courses by snail-mail, or you can study your way through their online Bible studies.

Daily Bible Reading Schedule
January February March	April May June	July August September	October November December
January 1 Gen. 1-3 2 Gen. 4-6 3 Gen. 7-9 4 Gen. 10-12 5 Gen. 13-17 6 Gen. 18-20 7 Gen. 21-23 8 Gen. 24-26 9 Gen. 27-29 10 Gen. 30-32 11 Gen. 33-35 12 Gen. 36-40 13 Gen. 41-43 14 Gen. 44-46 15 Gen. 47-50 16 Matt. 1-3 17 Matt. 4-8 18 Matt. 9-11 19 Matt. 12-14 20 Matt. 15-17 21 Matt. 18-20 22 Matt. 21-23 23 Matt. 24-26 24 Matt. 27-28 25 Exod. 1-5 26 Exod. 6-8 27 Exod. 9-13 28 Exod. 14-16 29 Exod. 17-19 30 Exod. 20-22 31 Exod. 23-25 [Top] February 1 Exod. 26-28 2 Exod. 29-31 3 Exod. 32-36 4 Exod. 37-39 5 Exod. 40; Lev. 1-2 6 Lev. 3-5 7 Lev. 6-8 8 Lev. 9-11 9 Lev. 12-14 10 Lev. 15-19 11 Lev. 20-22 12 Lev. 23-25 13 Lev. 26-27 14 Mark 1-3 15 Mark 4-6 16 Mark 7-9 17 Mark 10-12 18 Mark 13-16 19 Num. 1-4 20 Num. 5-7 21 Num. 8-10 22 Num. 11-15 23 Num. 16-18 24 Num. 19-21 25 Num. 22-24 26 Num. 25-27 27 Num. 28-30 28 Num. 31-33 29 Num. 34-36 [Top] March 1 Luke 1-2 2 Luke 3-5 3 Luke 6-10 4 Luke 11-13 5 Luke 14-16 6 Luke 17-19 7 Luke 20-22 8 Luke 23-24 9 Deut. 1-5 10 Deut. 6-8 11 Deut. 9-13 12 Deut. 14-17 13 Deut. 18-22 14 Deut. 23-28 15 Deut. 29-34 16 John 1-4 17 John 5-10 18 John 11-15 19 John 16-18 20 John 19-21 21 Josh. 1-3 22 Josh. 4-6 23 Josh. 7-9 24 Josh. 10-14 25 Josh. 15-19 26 Josh. 20-24 27 Judges 1-6 28 Judges 7-11 29 Judges 12-16 30 Judges 17-21 31 Acts 1-3 [Top]	April 1 Acts 4-6 2 Acts 7-11 3 Acts 12-14 4 Acts 15-17 5 Acts 18-21 6 Acts 22-25 7 Acts 26-28 8 Ruth 1-4 9 1 Sam. 1-3 10 1 Sam. 4-6 11 1 Sam. 7-11 12 1 Sam. 12-14 13 1 Sam. 15-17 14 1 Sam. 18-20 15 1 Sam. 21-23 16 1 Sam. 24-26 17 1 Sam. 27-29 18 1 Sam. 30-31 19 Rom. 1-4 20 Rom. 5-7 21 Rom. 8-11 22 Rom. 12-16 23 2 Sam. 1-3 24 2 Sam. 4-6 25 2 Sam. 7-9 26 2 Sam. 10-12 27 2 Sam. 13-15 28 2 Sam. 16-18 29 2 Sam. 19-21 30 2 Sam. 22-24 [Top] May 1 1 Kings 1-5 2 1 Kings 6-8 3 1 Kings 9-11 4 1 Kings 12-15 5 1 Kings 16-20 6 1 Kings 21-25 7 1 Cor. 1-4 8 1 Cor. 5-7 9 1 Cor. 8-11 10 1 Cor. 12-16 11 2 Kings 1-5 12 2 Kings 6-9 13 2 Kings 10-12 14 2 Kings 13-15 15 2 Kings 16-18 16 2 Kings 19-21 17 2 Kings 22-25 18 1 Chron. 1-4 19 1 Chron. 5-7 20 1 Chron. 8-10 21 1 Chron. 11-13 22 1 Chron. 14-17 23 1 Chron. 18-20 24 1 Chron. 21-25 25 1 Chron. 26-29 26 2 Cor. 1-3 27 2 Cor. 4-6 28 2 Cor. 7-9 29 2 Cor. 10-13 30 2 Chron. 1-4 31 2 Chron. 5-7 [Top] June 1 2 Chron. 8-10 2 2 Chron. 11-13 3 2 Chron. 14-18 4 2 Chron. 19-21 5 2 Chron. 22-24 6 2 Chron. 25-27 7 2 Chron. 28-30 8 2 Chron. 31-33 9 2 Chron. 34-36 10 Ezra 1-5 11 Ezra 6-10 12 Gal. 1-3 13 Gal. 3-6 14 Neh. 1-3 15 Neh. 4-7 16 Neh. 8-10 17 Neh. 11-13 18 Esther 1-5 19 Esther 6-10 20 Eph. 1-3 21 Eph. 4-6 22 Job 1-4 23 Job 5-7 24 Job 8-10 25 Job 11-13 26 Job 14-18 27 Job 19-21 28 Job 22-24 29 Job 25-27 30 Job 28-30 [Top]	July 1 Job 31-33 2 Job 34-38 3 Job 39-42 4 Phil. 1-4 5 Psalms 1-4 6 Psalms 5-8 7 Psalms 9-11 8 Psalms 12-14 9 Psalms 15-17 10 Psalms 18-22 11 Psalms 23-25 12 Psalms 26-28 13 Psalms 29-31 14 Psalms 32-34 15 Psalms 35-37 16 Psalms 38-40 17 Psalms 41-45 18 Psalms 46-48 19 Psalms 49-51 20 Psalms 52-54 21 Psalms 55-57 22 Psalms 58-60 23 Psalms 61-63 24 Psalms 64-69 25 Psalms 70-73 26 Psalms 74-77 27 Psalms 78-81 28 Psalms 82-85 29 Psalms 86-90 30 Psalms 91-94 31 Psalms 95-97 [Top] August 1 Psalms 98-100 2 Psalms 101-104 3 Psalms 105-109 4 Psalms 110-114 5 Psalms 115-118 6 Psalm 119:1-88 7 Psalm 119:89-176 8 Psalms 120-126 9 Psalms 127-132 10 Psalms 133-138 11 Psalms 139-143 12 Psalms 144-150 13 Col. 1-2 14 Col. 3-4 15 Prov. 1-3 16 Prov. 4-6 17 Prov. 7-9 18 Prov. 10-12 19 Prov. 13-15 20 Prov. 16-18 21 Prov. 19-21 22 Prov. 22-24 23 Prov. 25-27 24 Prov. 28-29 25 Prov. 30-31 26 Eccl. 1-3 27 Eccl. 4-6 28 Eccl. 7-9 29 Eccl. 10-12 30 1 Thess. 1-3 31 1 Thess. 4-5 [Top] September 1 Song of Sol. 1-4 2 Song of Sol. 5-8 3 Isa. 1-3 4 Isa. 4-6 5 Isa. 7-9 6 Isa. 10-12 7 Isa. 13-15 8 Isa. 16-18 9 Isa. 16-19 10 Isa. 20-22 11 Isa. 23-25 12 Isa. 26-28 13 Isa. 29-31 14 Isa. 32-34 15 Isa. 35-37 16 Isa. 38-40 17 Isa. 41-43 18 Isa. 44-46 19 Isa. 47-49 20 Isa. 50-52 21 Isa. 53-55 22 Isa. 56-58 23 Isa. 59-61 24 Isa. 62-63 25 Isa. 64-66 26 2 Thess. 1-3 27 Jer. 1-3 28 Jer. 4-6 29 Jer. 7-9 30 Jer. 10-12 [Top]	October 1 Jer. 13-15 2 Jer. 16-18 3 Jer. 19-21 4 Jer. 22-24 5 Jer. 25-27 6 Jer. 28-30 7 Jer. 31-33 8 Jer. 34-36 9 Jer. 37-39 10 Jer. 40-42 11 Jer. 43-45 12 Jer. 46-48 13 Jer. 49-52 14 Lam. 1-3 15 Lam. 4-5 16 1 Tim. 1-5 17 Ezek. 1-3 18 Ezek. 4-6 19 Ezek. 7-9 20 Ezek. 10-12 21 Ezek. 13-15 22 Ezek. 16-18 23 Ezek. 19-21 24 Ezek. 22-24 25 Ezek. 25-27 26 Ezek. 28-30 27 Ezek. 31-33 28 Ezek. 34-36 29 Ezek. 37-39 30 Ezek. 40-42 31 Ezek. 43-45 [Top] November 1 Ezek. 46-48 2 2 Tim. 1-2 3 2 Tim. 3-4 4 Dan. 1-3 5 Dan. 4-6 6 Dan. 7-9 7 Dan. 10-12 8 Hosea 1-3 9 Hosea 4-6 10 Hosea 7-9 11 Hosea 10-12 12 Hosea 13-14 13 Titus 14 Philemon 15 Joel 1-3 16 Amos 1-3 17 Amos 4-6 18 Amos 7-9 19 Heb. 1-2 20 Heb. 3-4 21 Heb. 5-6 22 Heb. 7-8 23 Heb. 9-10 24 Heb. 11-12 25 Obad. 26 Jonah 1-2 27 Jonah 3-4 28 James 1-3 29 James 4-5 30 Micah 1-2 [Top] December 1 Micah 3-4 2 Micah 5-7 3 Nahum 1-3 4 1 Peter 1-3 5 1 Peter 4-5 6 Habakkuk 1-3 7 Zeph. 1-3 8 2 Peter 1-3 9 Haggai 1-2 10 Zech. 1-3 11 Zech. 4-6 12 Zech. 7-9 13 Zech. 10-12 14 1 John 1-3 15 1 John 4-5 16 2 John; 3 John 17 Mal. 1-2 18 Mal. 3-4 19 Jude 20 Rev. 1 21 Rev. 2-3 22 Rev. 4-5 23 Rev. 6-7 24 Rev. 8-9 25 Rev. 10-11 26 Rev. 12-13 27 Rev. 14-15 28 Rev. 16-17 29 Rev. 18-19 30 Rev. 20 31 Rev. 21-22 [Top]
Want to go deeper? The following are useful resources for growing in your ability to study the Bible for yourself. Note: I work hard to find the best resources to recommend, but I cannot possibly endorse everything they might teach. Think for yourself! Recommended for purchase: Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (3rd ed., 2003). This classic reader-friendly manual explains the different kinds of biblical literature---such as prophecy, Gospels, poetry, and history---so you can get the most from them. The newly revised edition includes an updated list of recommended resources and a new section on the Song of Songs. Highly recommended. Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour (2002). Your personal guide to reading the Bible with understanding. Experienced tour guides walk you through the Scriptures. Each book of the Bible has a quick snapshot, then an expanded view to help you better understand its key elements and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Features include: thumbnail of the book, brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes, pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing, section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger picture and how various parts work together. Written on a more popular level than How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. John Stott. Understanding the Bible (1999). Stott gives students, leaders, and new Christians an essential grasp of the Bible's message in the context of its georgaphical, historical, and ancient Jewish religious settings. He also enlarges our vision of Christ by revealing him as the focal point of the entire Bible. Stott answers the basic questions, such as Who wrote the Bible?; What is its message?; and Why is it thought to be a holy book?. Stott places Jesus in his proper geographical, religious, and historical setting. Maps and focus questions are at the beginning of each chapter. Stott's commitment to the Bible as God's inspired Word greatly enhances his teaching. Online resources: World Bible School – Enroll in free Bible study courses by snail-mail, or you can study your way through their online Bible studies.