Bible
Bible Reading
I read the Bible everyday. Every year I start fresh, and on occasion I read the entire Bible in 90 days. Like tracking counterfeit money, the only way to know a counterfeit belief is to study the real thing. Here are some of the resources I've used to help along the way.
My favorite method is to read the entire Bible in chronological order. This helps me best understand the timeline and Biblical events and see the complete story of God's continual pursuit of humanity. His nature of being long suffering, patience and forgiveness... and ultimately the full price being PAID IN FULL by Jesus Christ.
Reading Plans
Many great reading plans on Blue Letter Daily Bible Reading Plans, but my favorite is the 1 Yr Chronological Plan - Two page PDF reading plan in chronological order. This is my TOP reading plan that I use most of the time.
My own custom 90 Day Chronological Plan as a PDF Document. If you'd prefer to hack the data, I also have it as a Google Doc and Google Sheet. All of this is based on the above "Blue Letter Bible 1 Yr Chronological Plan", but approximately four days reading merged into one day. So far this is my favorite for a 90 day sprint.
This 90-Day-Chronological-Bible-Reading-Plan-Free-PDF-Template.pdf is one I used previously. Nice if you print and use, but there are a few chapters skipped.
Mobile YouVersion Bible app from Life.Church for iOS, Android, web, Google Assistant, & Amazon Alexa. Includes a chronological reading plan, along with many other plans and translations.
Many other Daily Reading Plans from Blue Letter Bible
Bible Gateway Reading Plan for online and using their account.
General Bible Resources
Answers in Genesis Adams’ Chart of History. is a 27" tall, illustrated timeline of biblical and world history, covering a 6,000 year time period from creation to the 1800s. Can be viewed in book form or opened as a continuous 23' timeline.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education. The online www.ccel.org server reaches several million different users each year.
CCEL texts are stored in our own Theological Markup Language, which is an XML application. Texts are converted automatically into other formats such as HTML or PDF.
A great resource for foundational and Biblical books from past generations.
Digital Bibles
Digital formats in Kindle, ePub, and MOBI format.
:: King James Version (KJV) - Kindle Edition
The most friendly Kindle KJV Bible I've found on Amazon, The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV) with Search Every Verse Navigation (Kindle Edition). Well worth the $0.99 price. Every verse is searchable. Simply type the first three letters of a book and the verse number and go. For instance to jump quickly to John 3:16, you type "joh3.16" and hit enter. Easy as that!
:: King James in MOBI Format
Another great KJV ebook version is from eBookBible, by Chris. I am happy this is in an open source version (compatible with Kindle) in MOBI format. Also he has created a GitHub repository with a MySQL version.
In words of the creator of this ebook:
I was not happy with any of the eBook Bibles currently available on Amazon. So I decided to use my God given programming talents to build the best eBook Bible for my Kindle Paperwhite.
Features of this eBook Bible:
Authorized King James Version
Pure Cambridge Edition: http://www.bibleprotector.com/
Designed and tested to work best on a Kindle Paperwhite.
Kindle's "Go to Table of Contents" feature includes all books of the Bible in an expandable submenu.
Easily select a specific chapter of any given Book.
Easily search for every verse using the following format:
[Book][Chapter].[Verse]
ge1.27 => This will find Genesis 1:27
he12.1 => This will find Hebrews 12:1Each verse only shows the verse number at the beginning of the verse. Other eBook Bibles show the book, chapter, and verse number for their verse search feature. I thought it was too distracting when reading.
Easily navigate to the next and previous chapter.
Easily identify what book and chapter you are on while reading on a Paperwhite
Every verse is on it's own line and not grouped in paragraphs like in modern Bibles. There is nothing wrong with paragraphs, I just find it easier to memorize scripture in the traditional 'verse-per-line' layout.
The Table of Contents inside the Bible only displays the 66 books in a clean list. From here you can easily reference each books "shortname". This is useful for searching.
:: English Standard Version (ESV)
Lately I've been using more of the ESV, and have enjoyed the FREE Amazon ESV Classic Reference Bible Kindle Edition. It is easy to read with notes and cross-ref, but not so much as to distract when reading.