Month: January 2009

Some of you have jumped on the Calvin reading bandwagon. Good for you! I’m excited about that. Maybe we can post comments here now and then about what we read (yes, with some trepidation regarding time, I’m considering it).

If you REALLY want to maximize the value of this time, you may want to consider supplementing your reading with Dr. David Calhoun’s Calvin class from Covenant Seminary. Though I was never able to take this class when I was in seminary, it was one about which I heard marvelous things. The great thing is that the entire class can be downloaded as .mp3 files here. The study guide will give you an idea of when to plug in a lecture that corresponds with your reading.

If you can work it into your disciplines, it would be worth it.

If you are not inclined to read through Calvin in a year, or if you would like a challenge in addition to that, I have posted a few variations on some bible reading schedules. By clicking, you can download a schedule that will help you

– read through the Bible in a year

– read through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice in a year

– read through the Bible in two years

My philosophy on this is that such schedules can often become more a burden than a joy. And yet at times, we need the external discipline to keep our nose to the grindstone.

I set up the schedules so that there is no reading scheduled for Sundays. I encourage people to use the Sundays to catch up with reading they missed during the week. I also arranged them so that one reads through a whole book before moving to another. You do not read multiple books of the bible at the same time.

If you think these might be helpful, feel free to download one or all of them.

Oh… you still have time to start. My schedules don’t begin until the first Monday of the year.