Bible reading plan.

[mortehoe]

I am on my first reading of the Bible. I was going to start from the beginning to the end, but after getting bogged-down in Leviticus I changed my mind. I finished Leviticus that than I read the Gospels and now I am reading one book from the Old Testament than one book from the New Testament.
This seems to be going Ok for me now. I have just read from somewhere that you should read the Bible by using a reading plan, is this true? If this is true can anybody tell me please the best one to get or how to find a good one, or should I stick with my present method of one book from each testament.

Thank very much.

[Johnboy]

I am on my first reading of the Bible. I was going to start from the beginning to the end, but after getting bogged-down in Leviticus I changed my mind. I finished Leviticus that than I read the Gospels and now I am reading one book from the Old Testament than one book from the New Testament.
This seems to be going Ok for me now. I have just read from somewhere that you should read the Bible by using a reading plan, is this true? If this is true can anybody tell me please the best one to get or how to find a good one, or should I stick with my present method of one book from each testament.

Thank very much.

The best one I have seen is this one by the christadelphians
http://www.christadelphia.org/biblestudy/planner.htm

[Oma]

I think it is a good idea to read from both testments. Like you said it is easy to get bogged down in Leviticus or one of the prophets. A plan I used for a long time is to divide the Bible in three parts: Genesis to Esther; Job through Malichi and the NT. Then read one chapter per day from each section. That way you get exposed to various parts of the Bible at the same time and can see how they relate and how

"The New is in the Old contained
The Old is in the New explained"

[brooklyn]

I've heard alot of different opinions on the subject...trust me...spend two years in Bible school and you'll hear your fill of unsubstantiated opinion...but that's beside the point. The Bible itself never says HOW to read it...it just says to be sure you are. So...why not come up with your own reading plan? The one thing I heard that did make sense to me was this: quality time is more important that quantity time. Read as much or as little as you like... some new Christians can only handle a few verses while those more familiar will take entire books at a time...just be sure that you're allowing God to speak to you as you read. Get something out of your time in the Word.

-Brooklyn