All 66 books and 1,189 chapters of the Bible. Print a copy to keep in your Bible, or track your reading in the Readthrough app.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
(2 Timothy 3:16, ESV)
My encouragement to you is to resolve to be always meditating upon — and
then practicing — God's Word. Weekly or daily, pick out some passage of
Scripture to chew over in your mind. Turn it over and over, looking at it
with your heart, considering it from every angle until you know it
through and through.
And then put it into practice — whether that means believing something,
doing something, or changing something to God's glory, that we might be
better used by Him as we are on mission by prayer, worship, and love for
our city. Below you'll find a Bible Reading Checklist to track your
progress through every book and chapter, and several time-tested plans to
guide your reading. It's not necessary
(or even recommended!) to read straight through from Genesis to
Revelation — it's usually best to mix book, genre, and chapter, and let
the Scriptures complement and build upon one another.
Prefer paper? Free travel-size copies are available at church each
Sunday at 10 AM & 6 PM, or let us know
and we'll send you one.
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Readthrough: The Checklist, as an App
Readthrough is a free app from Covenant Church for keeping track of your
Bible reading, however you read: a well-worn Bible at home, an app on
your phone, or an audio Bible in the car. It doesn't put the Bible on a
screen. It keeps your place, so you can keep reading.
Check off each chapter as you finish it, and see how far you've come.
Follow a reading plan, such as M'Cheyne's, and see just today's chapters, with a gentle morning and evening reminder if you'd like one.
Watch each book of the Bible fill in, from Genesis to Revelation.
Read beyond the Bible, too: classics of the Reformed faith, from the Westminster Confession and Calvin's Institutes to Pilgrim's Progress and Rutherford's letters, each with its own checklist.
Your reading syncs across your devices through your own iCloud and stays private. The church never sees it.
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Pick a Plan
Recommended Reading Plans
M'Cheyne
The classic, by Robert Murray M'Cheyne. Four chapters a day — the Old Testament once, the New Testament and Psalms twice through in a year.
I Asked My Dad — a weekly podcast of Bible
commentary from Emily Woodard and her father, Dr. Mark Ross (one of Pastor
Brooks's seminary professors). Seasons 1 & 3 walk through the text to
help you as you read. Highly recommended.
Listen on Apple Podcasts →
The ESV Bible app — free, with two excellent audio
voices; this is the translation we read at Covenant.
iPhone →Android →
That said, we'd gently encourage you to keep things analog where you
can. The fewer phones and screens involved, the less risk of distraction
in time meant for lifting heart and mind to the things of God.
Looking for more to read alongside Scripture? The
Letters of Samuel Rutherford — a beloved Reformed devotional classic — are free to read.
As You Read
Whichever plan you choose — stick with it.
Perseverance is the key. Keep a notebook close at hand to write down
questions as they come — then bring them to Evening Worship for
“Questions to the Minister and Answers.”
We'll be praying for you as you read. — Pastor Brooks
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
