Below is a schedule for reading the Bible in a year. It offers four different categories. Those wishing to create a daily practice of reading the Bible might start with reading just one of the categories. Changing categories yearly would result in reading the whole bible in four years. Or, categories may be combined two or three at a time. The most ambitious will read all four daily.

Note: this begins with January 1, but you may choose to begin with the current day and simply pick up there or begin with January 1, following the Day 1 schedule

Also, check out these other ways to pray with scripture:

Lectio Divina (Praying Scripture)
Praying the Psalms

A note on each of the tracks

General Note
The Old Testament is divided into three sections: History, Prophets, and Teachings. All three trace the same history in chronological order: creation of the Israelites as a people, journey to the land, living in the land of Canaan, establishment of the Kingdom of Israel, the destruction and exile of the same, and the return from exile. Each, however, traces that history differently. As such, some tracks contain readings from other tracks.

History
We trace the story through the stories the Israelites told, from the very beginnings of the universe through the return from exile. You’ll note that this track contains the Torah, the first five books, but eliminates the portions that are law. Those are contained within the wisdom track.

Teachings
In teachings, the story picks up with what is probably the oldest part of the Old Testament: Job. It then moves into wisdom and the law. The law was given while the Israelites journeyed to the land. Interspersed are Psalms, again in chronological order. For those Praying the Psalms daily, note that this schedule is very different from that one.

Prophets
We pick up the story near the end of the Kingdom of Israel. All the prophets in the Old Testament prophesied during the end of the Kingdom, the exile, and the first years of the return from exile. Interspersed among the prophets are references to history books like 2 Kings or Ezra. This is to give the historical context for the work of the prophet.

New Testament
Finally, the New Testament track goes back and forth between gospels and letters. When reading, it becomes easy to get bogged down in one style of writing, so instead this schedule keeps us engaged through variety. It opens with the New Testament’s best introduction of who Jesus is and what Jesus means in the context of the history of the Old Testament and then moves forward through the life and teachings of Jesus.

Schedule: A printable copy can be found by clicking below.