Bible Readings

**still working on transferring all my notes here, I hope you enjoy the summaries, comments are welcome. As I revisit each area of the Bible again each year or find inspirational passages they will be linked on this page**

These summaries of Bible in Chronological order.
 As I do more studies this year and 'unpack' the verses more I will add more to this page.

And the Word was God Genesis 1-4 Wickedness and Judgment	In the beginning was the Word Creation and Fall Gods Grief over mankind's  Noah and the Flood
Genesis 12, 15, and 22 Psalms 1-3	Abraham, Isaac
Job 1-3 Psalms 4-7 Job 38-42 Psalms 8-11*	Story of Job
Exodus	Moses and the Law
Leviticus	Instructions
Numbers	Journey to the Promised Land
Deuteronomy	Moses' last message to the Israelites
Joshua	Joshua, Israelites enter the Promised Land
Judges	Period of the Judges
Ruth	Story of Ruth
1 Samuel	King Saul
2 Samuel 5-8, 1 Chronicles 15-17	King David
2 Samuel 11-13, 15, and 18	King David
1 Chronicles 21-22, and 28-29	King David
Psalms 1, 8, 19, 23, 51, 100, 103 and 139	Psalms of King David
1 Kings 3, 6-12	King Solomon
2 Chronicles 5-10	King Solomon
Ecclesiastes 1-5 and 12	King Solomon
Song of Songs 1-2, Proverbs 1-3	King Solomon
2 Chronicles 14-16	King Asa
1 Kings 17-19, and 21	Elijah
2 Kings 1-2, 6-7, 11-12	Elijah, Elisha, Kings
2 Chronicles 24-26	Kings
Joel 2, Jonah 1, Amos 3, Micah 1-2	Prophecies
Isaiah 1-2, 6, Hosea 1-4	Prophecies
2 Kings 17-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32	Hezekiah
Isaiah 40 and 52-55	Consolation of Israel
2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35	Manasseh, Josiah
Nahum 1, Zephaniah 3, Jeremiah 1-5, Habakkuk 1	Prophecies
Ezekiel 1-3, 18, and 33, Lamentations 3, Obadiah	Fall of Jerusalem
Daniel 1-2, 4-6	Daniel
Ezra 3, 6-7, Haggai, Zechariah 1-2	Return, rebuilding of Jerusalem
Esther 1-4, 7-8	Story of Esther
Nehemiah 1-2, 4, and 6	Rebuilding the wall
Malachi	Last Old Testament prophecies
Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2	Birth of Jesus
John 1, Mark 1, John 3-4	Early ministry of Jesus
Luke 4-6, Mark 2-4	Teachings of Jesus
Matthew 5-7	Sermon on the Mount
Mark 10, Luke 8-12, Matthew 17-18	More teachings of Jesus
John 13-17	Jesus' upper room discourse
Matthew 26-28, Mark 15-16	Death and resurrection of Jesus
Luke 22-24, John 19-21	Death and resurrection of Jesus
Acts 1-4, 8-10, 12-14	The Church starts, scatters, expands
Galatians 3-6	Paul's warnings about true vs. false religion
James 1-3, Acts 15	Teachings and ministry of James
1 Thessalonians 2 and 4; 2 Thessalonians 3	Paul's letters on adversity and persecution
1 Corinthians 1-2 and 13	Paul's writings on living, loving like Jesus
2 Corinthians 4-5 and 8-9	Paul's writings on authentic Christianity
Romans 5-8 and 12	Paul's letter on Christian doctrine, practice
Philemon; Ephesians 4-6	Paul's writings on practical Christian living
Colossians 1 and 3; Philippians 2 and 4	Paul's writings on growing in Christ
1 Peter 1 and 4-5	Peter's first letter to the Church
1 Timothy 1-3; Titus 2	Paul's teaching on Church leadership
Jude; 2 Peter 1	Jude and Peter's writings on true vs. false religion
2 Timothy 3-4	Paul's example, encouragement to Timothy
Hebrews 10-13	Teachings about living for Jesus Christ
1 John 1-3	John's letter on loving Christ, each other
2 John; 3 John	John's postcard letters to friends
Revelation 1-4, 19-22	Jesus Christ's revelation to John

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Now the following study is well--- Quick

I found this listing online

The Sweep of the Bible in Two Weeks

If a freshman in college or stay-at-home mom or aspiring deacon or friend from work or anyone else asked me how they might get a rough grasp of the macro-storyline of the Bible in a few weeks, I'd send them not to any secondary resource but to the Bible itself for a reading plan that might look something like this.

Week 1

Sunday - Genesis 1-3
Monday - Genesis 12-17
Tuesday - Exodus 1-3, 12
Wednesday - Exodus 14, 19-20
Thursday - Joshua 23-24; Judges 1-2
Friday - 1 Samuel 8, 16; 2 Samuel 7, 11; Psalm 105
Saturday - Isaiah 7, 9, 11, 35, 52-53, 65

Week 2

Sunday - Jeremiah 30-33; Ezekiel 36-37, Zechariah 9; Malachi 3-4
Monday - Matt. 1:1; Mark 1:1-15; John 1:1-18; 5:39-46; Luke 24
Tuesday - Mark 14:1-16:8
Wednesday - Acts 1-2; 13:13-49
Thursday - Rom. 1:1-6; 16-17; 3:9-31; 5:12-21; 8:18-23; 1 Cor. 15:1-23
Friday - Heb. 1:1-4; 10:19-12:2
Saturday - Revelation 1; 20-22