The Storyline of Scripture: A New Bible Reading Plan

Would you like to survey the entire story of the Bible without reading the entire book? Perhaps you need a change from your normal Bible reading plan, or you want to review how all the pieces fit together. If so, let me introduce The Storyline of Scripture–a Bible reading plan designed to trace the key events of the biblical narrative.

You might be interested in this Bible reading plan if:

…you’ve never read the Bible and want to see how it all fits together.

…you’re hazy on how the various stories form a unified narrative

…you want a refreshing alternative to your current Bible reading plan.

…you want to explore significant portions of biblical narrative within context.

The Storyline of Scripture emphasizes reading substantial sections of narrative to help you understand the biblical storyline in context. Each daily reading takes about 45-60 minutes—long enough to provide depth without becoming overwhelming.

If you devote about an hour a day, you can complete the plan in 31 days. For a slower pace, reading one chapter per day allows you to finish in a year—with a month to spare for catch-up days (332 chapters total). Prefer listening?  The full audio version takes about 25.5 hours to complete. Think of that—you can review the entire biblical narrative in less than a month!

Genesis 1-50

(Day 1) Genesis 1-11 — The Prehistoric World (11 chapters)

(Day 2) Genesis 12-25 — The Narrative of Abraham (14 chapters)

(Day 3) Genesis 26-36 — The Narrative of Jacob (11 chapters)

(Day 4) Genesis 37–50 — The Narrative of Joseph (14 chapters)

Exodus 1-20

(Day 5) Exodus 1–12 — The Exodus from Egypt (12 chapters)

(Day 6) Exodus 13–20 — The Sinai Narrative (8 chapters)

Numbers 9-25

(Day 7) Numbers 9–15 — The Rebellion in the Wilderness (7 chapters)

(Day 8) Numbers 16–25 — The Wandering in the Wilderness (10 chapters)

Joshua 1-11

(Day 9) Joshua 1–11 — The Conquest of the Land (11 chapters)

Judges 1-21

(Day 10) Judges 1–12 — The Judges, Part One (12 chapters)

(Day 11) Judges 13–21 — The Judges, Part Two (9 chapters)

Ruth 1-4

(Day 12a) Ruth 1–4 — The Lineage of David (4 chapters)

1 Samuel 1-31

(Day 12b) 1 Samuel 1–7 — The Life of Samuel (7 chapters)

(Day 13) 1 Samuel 8–14 — The Kingship of Saul (7 chapters)

(Day 14) 1 Samuel 15–31 — The Rise of David (17 chapters)

2 Samuel 1-24

(Day 15) 2 Samuel 1–10 — The Triumphs of David (10 chapters)

(Day 16) 2 Samuel 11–24 — The Tragedies of David (14 chapters)

1 Kings 1-22

(Day 17) 1 Kings 1–10 — The Age of Glory (10 chapters)

(Day 18) 1 Kings 11–22 — The Divided Kingdom (12 chapters)

2 Kings 1-25

(Day 19) 2 Kings 1–10 — The Days of Elisha (10 chapters)

(Day 20) 2 Kings 11–25 — Final Days of Israel and Judah (15 chapters)

Ezra 1-10

(Day 21) Ezra 1–10 — The Ministry of Ezra (10 chapters)

Nehemiah 1-13

(Day 22) Nehemiah 1–13 — The Ministry of Nehemiah (13 chapters)

Esther 1-10

(Day 23) Esther 1–10 — The Deliverance of Esther (10 chapters)

Luke 1-24

(Day 24) Luke 1–9 — Jesus Birth and Ministry in Galilee (9 chapters)

(Day 25) Luke 10–18 — Jesus’ Journey to Jerusalem (9 chapters)

(Day 26) Luke 19–24 — Jesus in Jerusalem (6 chapters)

Acts 1-28

(Day 27) Acts 1–12 — The Church in Jerusalem (12 chapters)

(Day 28) Acts 13–20 — Paul’s Missionary Journeys (8 chapters)

(Day 29) Acts 21–28 — The Gospel to Rome  (8 chapters)

Revelation 1-22

(Day 30) Revelation 1–11 — The Church and Tribulation (11 chapters)

(Day 31) Revelation 12–22 — The End of All Things (11 chapters)

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