No Bible No Breakfast / No Read No Feed.
If you have been a Christian for any amount of time, you know how important the reading of the Bible is to your walk with Christ. To often though the precious time we once spent in God’s word gets neglected as we get busy and before we have realized, it has been all day since we have dug into the Bible and fed off of it powerful teaching.
A few months ago I came across a system that has given me a new desire for the word of God and keeps me wanting more of it each day It was developed by Professor Grant Horner an Associate Professor at The Master’s College north of Los Angeles, where he specializes in the Renaissance and Reformation, and is also Chair of Humanities at Trinity Classical Academy:.
Professor Grant Horner’s unusual, challenging, and life-changing Bible-Reading System is unlike any other you have ever seen. Try it for ONE MONTH and find out for yourself! You will never be the same. Once you have started it, you will be amazed and want to share this system with others.
Here are two sets of bookmarks you can print off to use with Professor Horner’s Bible-Reading System. I suggest printing onto card stock (rather than regular weight paper) and then laminating before cutting. These were developed bt Anna Jackson of EvangelismStuff.com
This one uses a modern font with a distressed look:
http://www.4shared.com/file/83623393/4756c864/professor_grant_horner.html
This one (created by Linda Martin) uses a simpler font and may be more appropriate for those who have vision problems:
http://www.4shared.com/file/83935302/8ce8702/prof_horner_bible_system_revised_bkmarks.html
Here is a list version that I use.
http://www.takebackyourtemple.com/files/Grant_Horners_Bible_Reading_System_Checklist.PDF
I began in 1983 as a new Christian and have now read (most of) the Bible hundreds and hundreds of times. You also need to get ONE Bible, keep it, and do all your reading in it, so you learn where everything is. I’ve had the same Bible since 1983 and I know it intimately. If you keep switching Bibles, you ‘lose’ this intimacy with the text. Find a translation and format you like and stick with it. THIS IS CRUCIAL.
When I was flown out by Masters for a 3-day interview/theological-grilling process, the culmination was of course being ushered in to Dr. John MacArthur’s private study, which is where he asked me this one question: “Can I see your Bible?” I thought he would be horrified, because it looked like it had been through a typhoon — it looked unloved and neglected. Something from a dumpster. It was unbound, with stringy mess and paper debris hanging out. I was so embarrassed. I thought he would chastise me and recommend I get a new study Bible if I was serious about the Word. (No doubt which study Bible he would recommend!!!) He flipped through it and handed it to his wife and said “If your Bible is falling apart, you probably aren’t.” I was basically hired on the spot.
Your Bible is the only thing on Earth that, as you wear it out, will actually work better and better.
THE TEN LISTS:
List 1 (89 days)
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
List 2 (187 days)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
List 3 (78 days)
Romans, I&II Cor, Gal, Eph, Phil, Col, Hebrews
List 4 (65 days)
I&II Thess, I&II Tim, Titus, Philemon, James, I&II Peter, I,II&III John, Jude, Revelation
List 5 (62 days)
Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
List 6 (150 days)
Psalms
List 7 (31 days)
Proverbs
List 8 (249 days)
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I&II Samuel, I&II Kings, I&II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
List 9 (250 days)
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
List 10 (28 days)
Acts
If you are wondering why you should read Acts (or Proverbs) all the way through *every single month* then
— you’ve just shown that you NEED to read them that much!
*Put these instructions in your Bible and review them from time to time*
SECRETS TO SUCCESS WITH THIS SYTEM:
• Read one chapter from each list each day, in one sitting or two. At the end of a book, go to the next book. At the end of the list – start it again. Do it in the order given above.
• Read quickly (without “speedreading”) in order to get the overall sense. Read as fast as you comfortably can with moderate retention. You’re not studying deeply or memorizing; shoot for 5-6 minutes per chapter. At the end of a chapter, move immediately to the next list.
• GET THROUGH THE TEXT – no dawdling, back-reading, looking up cross-references!
• There are different ‘kinds’ of reading: super-quick skimming, careful moderate-paced, studying the text, deep meditation. You should be between the first and second kind.
• Most people decrease their time spent and increase their retention after just two-three weeks! I now read and retain the entire text of Matthew in 35 minutes, Romans in 20, Genesis in *one hour*!
• Don’t look up anything you ‘don’t get’ – real understanding will come through contextualizing by reading a LOT of scripture over time. Get through the text!
• If you miss a day or two – ok, get over it, then keep going. Don’t cover yourself in sackcloth and ashes and quit! Move the bookmarks along, to find your place(s) quickly next day.
Heb 4:12&5:11-14; Eph 5:26&6:17; Col 3:16; 2 Tim 3:16; Ps 119; Ezra 8; Prov 3: 1-2, 10:14; Dan 1
TRY IT FOR A MONTH. Then tell me what is happening!
HERE IT IS:
* PROFESSOR GRANT HORNER’S ‘TEN LISTS BIBLE READING SYSTEM’*
June 28th, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Good afternoon
I have recently started following this system and really enjoying it. I am looking for the Excel Spreadsheet that helps you track your progress, do you maybe have a copy or know where I can find a copy of the document?
Thank you & God Bless you
Ursula
June 28th, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Know I do not know of an Excell spreadsheet.
April 12th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
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