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New Year is about hopes. And one of the painful ones: to become more disciplined. In work, in sleep, in spending money. And, of course, in reading Scripture. Decisions, promises, plans... Sound familiar?

But how to move from hopes to results? From plans to routine in the good sense of the word?

Of course, to the question “how?” heart condition is the first answer. Then, probably, certainty with time and practical skills in analyzing the text. Fortunately, God has blessed us with good brothers who provide comprehensive answers to these questions in their sermons, articles and books. And also the most common textbooks on lexicology (yes, if you want to know your Bible well, learn your native language!).

My task today is very small. Purely technical. To introduce you in the first days of the new year to a variety of Scripture reading plans, highlighting their strengths and weak sides. And the choice is yours. I, like Or, will hold your hands in your decision to read the Bible using any of the described methods.

So let's start taking inventory...

Today you will find dozens of yearly Bible study plans, but you will rarely hear experienced preachers comment on one method or another. To fill this void, I asked some fellow pastors to describe some of the plans they had used in the past.

In total, six brothers took part in the survey: Alexey Prokopenko, Evgeny Bakhmutsky, Timofey Kolomiytsev, Dmitry Zherebnenkov, Evgeny Egorov and Alexander Kalinsky. Since there is a lot of information on the Internet today directly about the technology of readings, I will focus only on the personal impressions of readers.

Let's go from complex to simple (after all, we are dealing with preachers 🙂).

The most popular among the named brothers, as it turns out, is PROFESSOR HORNER'S METHOD and its analogues. I must say that I know quite a few other preachers who read the Bible according to this plan. However, it is clearly not for those who want to develop discipline. It is for those who have already developed it.

According to the professor himself, the strength of this plan is that: “The system is based on a combination of numerous books and genres, not tied to dates, is easily applicable and provides rich food for the soul.”

How?

Every day you read 10 chapters(if you follow the standard plan, which, however, gives freedom to deviate, both in the direction of reducing and in the direction of increasing the number of chapters).

Each chapter is taken from a different book of the Bible, most of which are written in different genres. “You will NEVER read the same series of chapters again! In one year you will cover the gospels four times; Pentateuch twice; Epistles of Paul 4-5 times each; books of Old Testament wisdom – 6 times; Psalter at least twice; Proverbs, as well as Acts – dozens of times and the entire Old Testament history and prophetic books about one and a half times.”

Sounds a little depressing for those of us who can barely get through the New Testament by December 31st, right? But here's the wise old professor's answer: “I had no seminary degrees, no Bible college behind me, no Christian school—listen, I never even went to Sunday School. All I had was a chair, a lamp...and my Bible... DON'T BE CONFUSED! I had failed college and had a serious drug addiction behind me. If I could do it, so can you!”

If you are inspired by such recognition, then come here. By the way, do not forget that adherents of this plan also have their own page on the Internet “Prof. Horner's Bible-Reading System." True, in English. However, among Russian-speaking preachers you will find those who will share the joy general method studying Scripture.

A. Kalinsky, pastor of the church in Zdolbunov (Ukraine): “I have never read according to plan before, but for 4 years I have been reading on my own and in church with friends. The essence of the method: 10 chapters every morning from different books of Scripture. Pros: 1. You read all of Scripture at once. 2. Enjoy the integrity of the Word. 3. Different styles and storylines maintain interest and taste for reading. 4. In a year you read all of Scripture, and some books several times.”

D. Zherebnenkov, youth pastor of the Word of Grace Church in Battle Ground (USA): “For several years I have been reading according to the plan presented by Alexander. The same observations, I’ll just add that, rereading chapters from different parts of the Bible, Sometimes I notice interesting threads connecting these texts with each other, which I might not have thought of.

I also periodically use a refreshing month by reading MCARTHUR PLAN…»

What is this plan that the youth pastor mentioned? The pastor of the Grace Church in Los Angeles (USA), John MacArthur, answers this question in detail:

“I read the OT at least once a year. As I read, I make a note in the margins of any truths that I specifically want to remember, and separately write down anything that I don't fully understand. I often find that as I read, my questions find answers in the text itself. Questions for which I have not found answers become the starting point for deeper research using comments and other supporting tools.

For NC, I use a different plan. I read a book in one sitting over the course of a month or longer. I started doing this while still studying at the seminary, because I wanted to understand everything that the New Testament contained and not constantly depend on the symphony...

If you want to try this, start with a short book like 1 John... Write down the main theme of each chapter on separate cards...

Divide longer books into shorter parts and re-read each part over 30 days.. For example, the Gospel of John contains 21 chapters. Divide it into three segments of 7 chapters each... For variety, vary your reading of short and long books, and in less than three years you will finish the entire NT - and you will really know him!»

I will add personal comments that I find this method of studying the books of the Bible very worthwhile. It can always be combined with your work plan. At a certain period of life, immediately upon arrival in the USA, which was accompanied by a rather strong culture shock and in general negative emotions, diving into some of the New Testament messages has been a huge help to me. Honestly, this was my outlet because no one seemed to understand me the way God understood me in the letters of James and Peter to the Jewish refugees.

MacArthur's method of studying the books of the Bible allows each time increase text reading speed, layer by layer discovering new truths, shifting attention from what is already known to previously overlooked details.

Besides, you start very close empathize with the author and recipients, becoming more and more imbued with the atmosphere of their days, problems and joys and finding their echoes in their own lives.

You are extremely quickly remember the contents of chapters and the visual arrangement of verses. In addition, often you don't have to memorize Scripture to remember it. By reading the same verse 30 times every day, you will automatically enrich your memory with dozens of texts learned by heart. AND! (for those who have a bad memory for references) you will remember them with an error of a maximum of 2-3 verses.

Pastor Alexey Kolomiytsev also uses a similar approach, preparing for a series of sermons on a specific book of the Bible. You can learn more about this in his interview in the film “A Work of Grace".

Dmitry adds: “I really love doing this with the gospels. Pom Enables you to focus on Christ in a special way and, for me personally, it fuels love for the Savior. If you use this plan constantly, can potentially limit engagement with all Scripture.»

So you can use this approach not so much as a plan, but as a method.

Just as you add salt to a main dish, include this type of immersion in selected books of the Bible in your regular spiritual diet.

Evgeniy Egorov, one of the Rostov ministers, also refers to the complete reading of the books of the Bible.

However, the plan variations we are most familiar with include different number of OT and NT books to read in one day.

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Planning

General rules for drawing up a plan when working with text

1. Read the text, think about what you read.
2. Break the text into meaningful parts and title them. In the headers it is necessary to convey main idea each fragment.
3. Check whether the points of the plan reflect the main idea of ​​the text, whether the next point of the plan is connected with the previous one.
4. Check whether, guided by this plan, it is possible to reveal the main idea of ​​the text.

How to make a simple plan.

1. Read the text.
2. Divide the text into parts and highlight the main idea in each of them.
3. Title the parts.
4. Read the text a second time and check that all the main ideas are reflected in the outline.
5. Write down the plan.

How to make a complex plan.

1. Read the material being studied carefully.
2. Divide it into main semantic parts and title them.
3. Divide the content of each item into semantic parts and title it (sub-items of the plan).
4. Check whether they fully reflect the main content of the material being studied.

How to formulate

definition of a new concept

A concept is a form of thinking that reflects objects in their general essential features. The definition reveals the content of the concept.

1. Read about the subject or phenomenon whose definition you need to formulate. Highlight a new concept.
2. Determine its essential features.
3. Try to formulate the definition verbally, clearly stating these characteristics.
4. Write down the definition, check whether it reveals the content of the concept.

Example.

In the text of the textbook we read:

After the reforms of the 60-70s. Productive forces began to develop faster and capitalist relations began to form.

An infrastructure began to be created, which included a complex of auxiliary sectors of the economy (roads, canals, ports, communications). The development of industry depends on the state of these industries.

Let's formulate the definition:

Infrastructure - this is a complex of auxiliary sectors of the economy (roads, canals, ports, communications), on the condition of which the development of industry depends.

How to make a chronological table

1. Read the entire topic for which you are to compile a chronological table.
2. As you read a second time, highlight the main events that will be included in the chronological table.
3. Prepare a table in your notebook. Typically, it looks like this:

There can be as many rows in the table as there are dates and events you write down.

1. Reading the text again, fill in the table.
2. Write down in the chronological table only those events that are directly related to this topic.
3. As a rule, a chronological table is compiled for any wars, so the first date in the table is the beginning of the war, and the last is the signing of an armistice or peace treaty (the date the war ended).
4. After the table, you need to draw a conclusion about which side won and which was defeated, and indicate the terms of the peace treaty.

The rows of empty years clearly demonstrate the method of compiling a compilation based on the listed sources. In the arrangement of the collected chronicle material, the compiler was guided by a chronological plan, which formed the basis of the entire corpus. To construct this plan, the compiler had, on the one hand, the instructions of Byzantine chronographs and the dates of Russian treaties with the Greeks, and on the other, the number of years of the Kyiv reigns, stored in the memory of Kyiv society. In the Tale of the Beginning of the Russian Land, following the legend about the invasion of the Khazars into the glades, we encounter the following insertion under 852 ᴦ.: saying that under Emperor Michael III “the nickname Russian Land began,” because then Rus' attacked Constantinople, as it is narrated in Greek chronicle, the author of the insert continues: “in the same place, let’s calculate the numbers.” This insertion was obviously made by the compiler of the code. He leads his chronology from the flood, indicating how many years passed from the flood to Abraham, from Abraham to the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, etc. Calculating various chronological periods, the compiler of the code reaches the time when (in 882 ᴦ.) Oleg established himself in Kyiv: “from the first summer of Mikhailov to the first summer of Olgov, the Russian prince, 29 years old, and from the first summer of Olgov, a little older in Kyiv, to the first summer of Igor, 31 years old,” etc. Recounting the years according to the reigns, the compiler of the code reaches until the death of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Svyatopolk: “and from the death of Yaroslavl to the death of Svyatopolk 60 years.” The death of Svyatopolk, which occurred in 1113, serves as the limit of the chronological calculation on which the vault is built. So, the code was compiled already under Svyatopolk’s successor Vladimir Monomakh, not earlier than 1113 ᴦ. But we saw that the Kiev-Pechersk Chronicle was interrupted even under Svyatopolk, in 1110; Consequently, the chronological calculation of the vault does not belong to the initial Kyiv chronicler, who did not live to see Svyatopolk’s death, or at least finished his chronicle before it, but was made by the hand that wrote during the reign of Svyatopolk’s successor Vladimir Monomakh, i.e. between 1113 and 1125. It is precisely at this time that Silvestrov’s postscript 1116 ᴦ that I cited falls. I consider this Sylvester to be the compiler of the code.

NESTOR AND SYLVESTER.

Now we can explain the attitude of this Sylvester both to the Initial Chronicle and to the chronicler Nestor. The so-called Initial Chronicle, which we read according to the Laurentian and related lists, is a chronicle collection, and not a genuine chronicle of the Kiev-Pechersk monk. This Kiev-Pechersk Chronicle has not reached us in its original form, but, partly abbreviated, partly supplemented with inserts, was included in the initial chronicle as its last and main part. This means that it is impossible to say that Sylvester was the initial Kyiv chronicler, nor that Nestor compiled the oldest chronicle we read, that is, the initial chronicle code: Nestor was the compiler of the oldest Kyiv chronicle, which has not reached us in its original form, and Sylvester is the compiler of the initial chronicle, which is not the oldest Kiev chronicle; he was also the editor of the collection of oral folk traditions and written narratives, including the Nesterov Chronicle itself.

About the publication:

Soon New Year! At the beginning of each year, each of us has many plans, many of which are not destined to come true. Year after year we gain wisdom and begin to plan less but better. Are you planning to read the entire Bible next year? If yes, then we can offer you several options for reading the Bible in a year:

• 1) Bible reading plan for the year from the Institute “Discipleship Movement”, Odessa. It is interesting because you can read the New Testament in a year, the Old Testament in a year or two (reading one or two chapters, respectively). You can combine readings and get through the Bible in a year.
• 2) Bible reading plan for the year from the magazine “Discipleship” (translation by JesusChrist.ru). It is famous for only reading the Bible for 25 days each month. The remaining days are used to cover missed passages or to reflect on what has been read. The folder contains two PDF pages that can be printed on both sides of A4 sheet and folded compactly.
• 3) Pastor Robert Murray M'Cheyne's well-known plan, which involves reading the Old Testament once a year, and the New Testament and Psalms twice. This reading plan is on English language(The Bible is still the same, so you can easily use it to read the Russian Bible) is available in PDF version (also A4 sheet on both sides).
• 4) The Calvary Church Bible Reading Plan is offered to assist in the daily reading of Scripture for anyone who is willing to continually listen to what God has to say in His Word. This plan offers you three possible options readings:
  • 1) By reading these texts for each day in full, you will be able to read the entire Bible in a year;
  • 2) By reading only the first text for each day, you will be able to read the Old Testament in a year;
  • 3) By reading only the second text for each day, you can read the New Testament in a year.
• 5) James McKeever's "Victory Plan" has three distinctive features:
  • 1. You read one Psalm or one chapter of Proverbs every day.
  • 2. You read the Gospels twice.
  • 3. You read the Old Testament in chronological order.
• 6) The Bible reading plan for the “One on One with God” course is designed specifically to help you on your spiritual journey through the pages of the Bible.
• 7) another Bible reading plan

Research among Christians has shown that 85% read the Epistles more than the Gospels. In the proposed plan, you will go through the 4 Gospels twice in one year, but not one after the other like most Bible study plans.

A rather interesting subtlety is to read the Old Testament not in the order in which the books are found in the Bible, but in the order of the events that actually happened. For example, Daniel and Ezekiel wrote during the Babylonian captivity, and Ezra returned from there with the goal of rebuilding the temple. Therefore, you will read their books in this order. You will find the Old Testament coming to life when the books are placed in the correct chronological order.

May God bless your Bible reading and ours, so that we can all say with the psalmist: “I rejoice in Your word as one who has received great gain” (Psalm 119:162). These are not all Bible study methods. There are many of them, but it is important that you find the method that suits you personally today.