Let's be honest with ourselves. With each new year, most professing Christians resolve to try to read through the Bible through some various reading plan or another, and most of them start off with a few chapters in Genesis and maybe a chapter or two in Matthew. After some time, once they hit Leviticus and Numbers, they become bored out of their wits. Even if they make it through the rest of the Pentateuch, 1st and 2nd Chronicles tends to be where they come to a complete halt and take more pleasure in swimming in the LaBrea tar pits.
Then there's always someone who comes along and says that he's got the best new Bible reading plan out there. Some people latch on to it, while others just dismiss it as being another gimmick in a long line of failed plans that become even more frustrating than the last ones. Whatever the case may be, these plans just do not seem to be able to cater to people's reading abilities and comprehension.
Enter Grant Horner.
Professor Grant Horner of The Master's Seminary (the very same one started by John MacArthur) has actually created a plan that even I have found to be very useful. Just by looking at the the layout, it is divided up into ten different lists. Plus, he gives a recommended reading speed. This way, the reader is not forced to ingest everything that he reads. Rather, it gives readers the means by which to glean over what he or she reads. Furthermore, since it is spread out throughout all ten lists, there will be times when certain books are read more than others. With each new reading of the text, it will be easier for readers to comprehend Scripture as a whole.
Thus, I believe that this plan is truly innovative and that it will benefit the body of believers everywhere who can get access to it.
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