Do you read your faith's authoritative text (e.g., Quran, Bible, Talmud, etc.) daily, and if so, how do you keep on track?

2020-02-07T22:18:36-05:00

I commit every year, at least a couple of times, to read through the entire Bible. I've read (and love) all of it, in sections, and in random order. Never made it through on a 365-day plan. Any advice or tips for how you ensure this remains a daily priority?
http://www.edginet.org/mcheyne/printables.html

Ben Edgington's Homepage: Robert Murray M'Cheyne Bible Reading Calendar

Sometimes it's just more convenient to have a hard-copy of the readings to tuck away inside your Bible without having to mess about with all this technology. The links below are PDF files which format the whole year's data onto one or two sheets of paper. They should print out fine with Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar.

Response by SGT Steve McFarland made Feb 7 at 2020 10:27 PM

2020-02-07T22:27:28-05:00

Colonel, I bought a Reader's Bible for myself for Father's Day 2017, and I read a chapter or two every night before I go to bed. I also have two devotionals I read every night, plus whatever book I am reading, so the last thirty or so minutes of my day are devoted to putting good stuff in my head before I go to sleep.

Response by SPC Stewart Smith made Feb 7 at 2020 10:58 PM

2020-02-07T22:58:10-05:00

Do you really love ALL of it? The stoning of non virgin women at their fathers doorsteps, killing people who don't want jesus to be their king, and killing a group of children for calling a bald man bald all seem a bit disgusting to me and I don't see how anyone can actually love it.

Response by LT Charles Baird made Feb 9 at 2020 10:35 AM

2020-02-09T10:35:59-05:00

Most people read but do they actually study? As an example let me use Acts Chapter 10 - as a former member of the Church of Christ I was taught that this chapter was about doing away with the dietary law - upon studying it for myself and reading the WHOLE chapter in CONTEXT I found that it has nothing to do with being able to eat anything we want but it has to do with the Gentiles being offered the gift of eternal life - as Peter himself explains in verse 28 when he talks about "any man common or UNCLEAN".