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Those who have read the Bible through for one year or more.
Linda Tom, South Bend, Ind. (Mother of Julie Miller, sister of Susan Griffith)
I have read the Bible through in a year 54 times. (I have six more selections to read in 2008, but am confident I can accomplish this unless the Lord comes back before January 1, and I would welcome that.
Bethel Brethren Church, Berne, Ind, has these faithful readers of the Bible.
Martha Miller 25 +
Phoebe Boze 30 +
Sam Yager 12 +
Frieda Yager 35 +
Violet LaBrun 25 +
Arbie Hart 30 +
Norma Sprunger 10
Jim Franklin, Flora Grace Brethren Church, Ind
I've read the Bible 26 times through since in 1982. I've used several different programs: Daily Walk, a Bible made for reading, or the reading plan in one of my Bibles that usually went 3 chapters in the OT and a portion of the NT. I've gone back to a consecutive reading plan this year.
Ginny Kennedy
I have read through the Bible over 30 years. I read through a different version each year, and usually read 3 chapters on week days and 5 chapters on Sunday. I have not always ended on December 3l, but wherever I end in any particular year, I just start over the next day.
I am in the Psalms right now, and started August 14th, 2007. One time I was on a cruise and sitting on some stairs, waiting for the restaurant to open, for coffee. Someone stopped and asked me what I was reading so intently. I told him that I was getting my "Marching orders for the day." It opened a very interesting conversation.......
Another time when someone asked me the same question, I told them that "I expect to live forever with the people I am reading about, and I want to get to know them better."
Whatever works......It's my Lifeline.......
Cheryl Moore
I've read through the Bible, front to back, around 6 times. First time through took me around 2 years reading all the foot notes too of the NIV Study Bible. Have read through in one year several of those times.
Currently reading the New American Standard, John McArthur Study Bible, this time through. Enjoying his footnotes.
I'm a member of Basore Road Grace Brethren, Dayton, OH.
Phil Guerena
I have a plan of reading the Bible through 4 to five times a year. Sometime it can go to seven times, others only two times a year, like last year. I only started this 40 years ago and wish I would have done it sooner. My plan is using the Book of Proverbs as my calender. I read one Proverb a day but when I get to the end of the month with less days I finish the book so that I can start the month again with Proverbs one. Also I read five to seven Psalms a day so that I can also finish that book in one month. But I try hard to read ten Psalms to start the first of the month and seven and six the rest of the month. This is so that I can read Ps. 119 all by itself when I get to it. I have a daily journal. Whenever I miss a day I leave a blank page. But I haven't had a blank page in years.
When I get to the end of the month and finish Psalms I also finish Proverbs. This gives me more time at the end of the month to concentrate on my regular Bible reading. One more thing, when I finish my notes for the day, I review them. When I start a fresh day I review yesterday. During the week, sometimes it is Saturday, I do a double Proverbs and Psalms day. This is so that when Sunday comes around I review the whole week. I take a marker and the verses that stick out the most in my journal I mark them and repeat them three times. From these I choose some to memorize.
To read the Bible 4, 5, or seven times a year, I usually do 4 or five but sometimes I can do more, you must get a running start. What I mean is that I try and read the whole five books of Moses when I start the year. I have to begin this in December. This year I started with the N.T. I just finished the Gospel of John and am in the Book of Acts now, Jan. 4. My regular goal is to read ten chapters a day besides my Proverb and Psalms.
Doug Jensen
I just started year 21. I read it twice in my teens then picked it up later in life. I use the One Year Bible.