2018 Operation Deepen Faith

To sign up 'officially,' leave a comment on this post. The challenge is from January 2018-December 2018. There are two parts to this challenge.  Sign up for one or the other, or both! (A blog is not required. But if you do blog, do share a link.) I encourage you to follow me on twitter (@operationbible) and tweet me as often as you like regarding what you're reading and/or studying, what you're looking forward to reading, etc. One last thing, consider adding me and fellow participants to your blogroll, and cheer on other participants by reading reviews and leaving comments.

I. Wonderful Words of Life. Goal: Read the Bible. The goal isn't to read the Bible following a specific plan or by a certain date. The goal is to read the Bible. For some that might mean reading the Bible once a year. For others it might mean reading the Bible over two or three years. What matters is that you incorporate reading the Bible into your life. 

If you're looking to keep track here's a checklist for your convenience. Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book.

Written by Moses

_ 1. Genesis 

_ 2. Exodus

_ 3. Leviticus

_ 4. Numbers

_ 5. Deuteronomy

OT Narratives

_ 6. Joshua

_ 7. Judges

_ 8. Ruth 

_ 9. 1 Samuel

_ 10. 2 Samuel

_ 11. 1 Kings

_ 12. 2 Kings

_ 13. 1 Chronicles

_ 14. 2 Chronicles

_ 15. Ezra

_ 16. Nehemiah

_ 17. Esther

Wisdom Literature

_ 18. Job

_ 19. Psalms

_ 20. Proverbs

_ 21. Ecclesiastes

_ 22. Song of Songs

Major Prophets

_ 23. Isaiah

_ 24. Jeremiah

_ 25. Lamentations

_ 26. Ezekiel

_ 27. Daniel

Minor Prophets

_ 28. Hosea

_ 29. Joel 

_ 30. Amos

_ 31. Obadiah

_ 32. Jonah

_ 33. Micah

_ 34. Nahum

_ 35. Habakkuk

_ 36. Zephaniah

_ 37. Haggai

_ 38. Zechariah

_ 39. Malachi

NT Narratives

_ 40. Matthew

_ 41. Mark

_ 42. Luke

_ 43. John

_ 44. Acts

Epistles by Paul

_ 45. Romans

_ 46. 1 Corinthians

_ 47. 2 Corinthians

_ 48. Galatians

_ 49. Ephesians

_ 50. Philippians

_ 51. Colossians

_ 52. 1 Thessalonians

_ 53. 2 Thessalonians

_ 54. 1 Timothy

_ 55. 2 Timothy

_ 56. Titus

_ 57. Philemon

General Epistles

_ 58. Hebrews

_ 59. James

_ 60. 1 Peter

_ 61. 2 Peter

_ 62. 1 John

_ 63. 2 John

_ 64. 3 John

_ 65. Jude

Apocalyptic Epistle by John

_ 66. Revelation

Looking for a Bible plan:

• (Whole) Bible in 90 Days Plan (link to pdf file)
• John MacArthur's NT Plan (read a book 30 days in a row)
• Woodrow Kroll's Plan (read whole books at a time; read a whole book of the Bible in one sitting)
• Professor Horner's Bible Reading Plan (link to pdf file)
• M'Cheyne Bible Reading Plan (link to pdf file)
• 52 Week Bible Reading Plan, Different Genre Every Day (link to pdf file)
• Legacy Reading Plan (No set daily readings, but, set monthly readings) (link to pdf file)
• Back to the Bible's Chronological Plan (lists readings month by month, the link to January)

II. Christian Nonfiction. Don't be afraid to give it a try. Read some theology. You choose the number of books to aim for. A beginner might not feel comfortable committing to more than one book. And that's fine. I want to challenge you to start somewhere. This challenge is for everyone. Not just for people who want to commit to reading twenty!  

Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Books about God (his attributes, his character, his names, the trinity)
• Books about the birth, life, death, resurrection of Jesus Christ; His person, his work. 
• Books about the Bible (how to read the Bible, how to study the Bible, how it's translated, the history of translation, why it's reliable and trustworthy, why it's inerrant and infallible, etc.)
• Commentaries on specific books of the Bible (Ezekiel, Gospel of John, Romans, etc.)
• Books about Bible characters (Moses, Abraham, David, Elijah, Ruth, Mary, Peter, Paul, etc.)
• Books about prayer and/or fasting
• Books about worship, praise and thanksgiving, music in church, etc.
• Books about church life, church growth, church leadership, church discipline, etc.
• books about missions (evangelism, outreach, discipleship,  service, local and global)
• sermon collections (book, ebook, websites of teaching ministries, etc.)
• biographies/autobiographies of theologians, preachers, missionaries, other Christians 
• books about pain, suffering, grief, and tough questions
• books about apologetics 
• books about other religions, specifically books about other religions written from a Christian point of view
• topical books offering a Christian perspective on any subject (marriage, family life, parenting, finances (getting out of debt), dieting, starting a business, being single, fostering or adopting children, war, terrorism, politics, etc.
• books about end times 

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible