Planned Daily Bible Reading

Dr. Evans was one of my favorite professors at Calvary Bible College. Dr. Evans came and taught at Calvary Bible College for four years, after his retirement from Dallas Theological Seminary. I count it a privilege and an honor to have had him as my Professor in the Gospel of John and Preaching classes. I include his Bible Reading program in his honor.

Dr. J. Ellwood Evans

A New Approach

By Dr. J. Ellwood Evans
Prof. Dallas Theological Seminary/ Calvary Bible College

This simple plan for daily Bible reading will take you through the New Testament twice a year and the Old Testament once a year. If you read an average of two chapters each morning and two chapters each evening. The Old and New Testament books are interspersed to increase interest. The Old Testament books are read in order historically while the New Testament books are grouped by subject matter.

Before 2,000 BC
1/1 Genesis 1-11

Patriarchal Times
1/4 Job

Designed for Jews
1/14 Matthew

Jewish Christian Epistles
1/21 James
1/22 Hebrews

c. 1950 – 1600 B.C.
1/25 Genesis 12-50

Jewish Christian Epistles
2/3 1 Peter

2/4 2 Peter
2/4 Jude

c. 1520- 1441 B.C.
2/5 Exodus
2/15 Leviticus

Designed for Romans
2/22 Mark

c. 1441 – 1401 B.C.
2/26 Numbers
3/7 Deuteronomy

Concerning Christ’s Return
3/16 1 Thessalonians
3/17 2 Thessalonians

c. 1401 – 1375 B.C.
3/18 Joshua

c. 1375 – 1075 B.C.
3/24 Judges
3/30 Ruth

Concerning Justification by Faith
3/31 1 Corinthians
4/4 2 Corinthians
4/7 Galatians
4/8 Romans

c. 1065 – 965 B.C.
4/12 1 Samuel
4/20 2 Samuel

Devotional Hymns
(read 5 Daily)
4/26 Psalms

Designed for the Greeks
5/26 Luke

Expansion of the Christian Faith
6/1 Acts

Concerning the Person of Christ

6/8 Philemon
6/8 Colossians
6/9 Ephesians
6/10 Philippians

c. 965 – 925 B.C.
6/11 Proverbs

Concerning Church Matters
6/18 1 Timothy
6/19 Titus
6/20 2 Timothy

John’s Writings
6/21 John
6/26 1 John
6/27 2&3 John
6/27 Revelation

c. 965 – 925 B.C.
7/1 Ecclesiastics
7/4 Canticles

Gospel of the King
7/6 Matthew

c. 965 – 587 B.C.
7/13 1 Kings
7/18 2 Kings

Jewish Christian Epistles
7/24 James
7/25 Hebrews

Early Prophets
(c. 848 – 715 B.C.)
7/28 Obadiah & Joel
7/29 Jonah
7/30 Amos
8/1 Hosea

Jewish Christian Epistles
8/4 1 Peter
8/5 2 Peter
8/5 Jude
Five Pre-exilic Prophets

(c. 750 – 610 B.C.)
8/6 Isaiah
8/22 Micah
8/24 Nahum
8/25 Habakkuk
8/26 Zephaniah

Gospel of the Servant
8/27 Mark

c. 1004 – 538 B.C.
8/31 1 Chronicles
9/7 2 Chronicles

Correcting Prophetic Errors
9/16 1 Thessalonians
9/17 2 Thessalonians

Weeping Prophet
(c. 626 – 580 B.C.)
9/18 Jeremiah

Against Judaizers
10/1 1 Corinthians
10/5 2 Corinthians
10/8 Galatians
10/9 Romans

Babylonian Period
(c. 593 – 571 B.C.)
10/13 Ezekiel
10/27 Lamentations

Gospel of the Perfect Man
10/28 Luke

Christianity’s First 30 Years
11/3 Acts

Babylonian Period
(c. 605 – 530 B.C.)
11/10 Daniel

Against Errors of Christology
11/13 Philemon
11/13 Colossians

11/14 Ephesians
11/15 Philippians

The Persian Period
11/16 Ezra 1-6 (c. 541 B.C.)
11/17 Esther (c. 485-465 B.C.)
11/19 Ezra 7-10 (465 B.C.)

Pastoral Epistles
11/20 1 Timothy
11/21 Titus
11/22 2 Timothy

The Persian Period
(c. 446 - 434 B.C.)
11/23 Nehemiah

The Persian Period
(c. 520 – 400 B.C.)
11/25 Haggai
11/25 Zechariah
11/28 Malachi

John’s Writings
11/29 John
12/4 1 John
12/5 2&3 John
12/5 Revelation

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