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2007-01-05 13:19:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Read it all the way through the first time.
Have skipped around ever since.
Love and blessings Don
2007-01-05 13:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am usually reading through the Bible several different ways at one time. I have a Bible that I put a little check mark on each full page that I read. I will sometimes pick a title and use my concordance and look up everything I can find on the subject. Then, I also do a regular Bible reading which is usually 3-5 chapters a week , starting at the beginning of the Bible and going through to the end. In addition to all that, I do other research and help my Bible students to do some as well.
2007-01-05 21:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me that you have no idea as to what the Bible really is. Until you know what it is, I think you will always be confused and you will think of it as mixed loose ends. The book is not a history book and it was not written in chronological order. It is a compliation of text that were written over a period of 18 hundred years by several men in several different countries and most of them did not know each other. Do a little studying about the origin of the bible and then read it front to back.. with the exception of the book of revelations. Most people make the mistake of reading revelations so they can try to figure out how it all ends. That is a huge mistake and it just leads to more confusion. Even though there seems to be some books that disagree with the others, the truth is that each one is in complete harmony with all the other books. It is written litterally and can be taken litterally.. some of it is written symbollically, you will be able to understand the difference if you ask God to enlighten you. You will learn it a little at a time, but it you will probably never know everything nor understand everything in it and I think that is good. You need to search every day for the answers to your questions.. they are in the Bible.. Read it and read it to comprehend it. Be sure to reseach past history so that you will understand how the verses apply.. Now to make it simple. If you want to know what is going to happen and get the answers to all you questions, read the gospel of Jesus Christ.. everything is there..
2007-01-05 21:40:35 · answer #3 · answered by J. W. H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't read the bible, however, my neighbor bought me a really expensive Teen Bible (not knowing that I don't believe in the stuff, however, I did end up reading quite a bit of it) In the very front the bible it had a check list. The checklist had daily readings to read the book from the beginning of the story to the end and it made me skip around ALOT! I don't know if you could find anything online that would tell you in which order to read the bible, but I wouldn't doubt it. I would do some research!
2007-01-05 21:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by pinkestcamaro 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normally all the way through, particularly if it is OT. But I sometimes skip around in the NT, mainly because the epistles tend to cover a wide range of topics in each letter. That's mainly when I am looking up something specific that I want to review.
2007-01-05 23:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by firebyknight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read the Bible many different ways. They all are beneficial. You might want to read entire books at first to get a feel for the overall setting and why things are said when they are said in scripture.
2007-01-05 21:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am doing a Bible study with a radio pastor, its called "Thru the Bible", with Dr. J. Vernon McGee. It takes 5 yrs and he goes through a chapter in the OT and then he does one in the NT.He makes it very easy to understand and he is an interesting old soul to listen to. I highly recommend it. You can go to his website at www.ttb.org and get the times he is on in your area. It is a worldwide ministry, but it is based in the USA. Right now he is in the book of Luke, we just finished Leviticus last week.
2007-01-05 21:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by angel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on what I'm looking for. When I first became serious, I read the Old Testament and then the New Testament. Then I would read certain chapters depending on what information I was seeking.
I've recently re-read the New Testament; this time, I got a lot more out of it and 'dog eared' many corners of chapters and verses to come back to.
It's one book you can read over and over. I learn and understand more the more I read it.
2007-01-05 21:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both. I am using the Rainbow Study Bible's "One Year Daily Bible Reading Calendar". Each day you read some from the O.T. and some from the N.T.
2007-01-05 21:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You skip around...unless your English teacher is like mine and has you read the whole book of Exodus.
Reading through takes forever..but if you really want to go ahead. =]
2007-01-05 21:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by xx_meg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋