This was the actual schedule of Houten 2005-2006. To create a timetable with an academic year of three quarters (39 weeks), simply change the dates and speakers.
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The purpose of our reading plan is helping you discover coherence. So, to make it as easy as possible for you to find your own way through the Bible, we read the books in order according to the Revised Version.
Chronological order is respected as far as possible. For example, 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings are read consecutively (or almost in parallel), as well as Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles, and the same goes for Jeremiah and the Lamentations of Jeremiah.
With some books, reading them back-to-back is not sustainable. They are therefore spread out over the whole year, for example the Psalms and the four Gospels.
Furthermore, we'll read the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT) in equal proportions over the course of a term. So if you only participate for one quarter, you still get a fairly balanced picture.
Repetition is avoided by, for example, not reading 1 and 2 Chronicles right after 1 and 2 Kings. And you’ll be reading Deuteronomy as a refresher of the first four books of Moses, before we start on Hebrews (in the NT).
Through a meditative reading flow of one chapter a day throughout the academic year (39 weeks, 7 days a week = 273 days in total), even the most “boring” books come into their own.
Every week there is a bible meeting. In practice, the 39 reading weeks (= also 39 text compartments to be read) are preceded by a kick-off (bible meeting 0, if you will), in which the ideas are explained, and the practical aspects of the journey are discussed.
The purpose of our reading plan is helping you discover coherence. So, to make it as easy as possible for you to find your own way through the Bible, we read the books in order according to the Revised Version.
Chronological order is respected as far as possible. For example, 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings are read consecutively (or almost in parallel), as well as Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles, and the same goes for Jeremiah and the Lamentations of Jeremiah.
With some books, reading them back-to-back is not sustainable. They are therefore spread out over the whole year, for example the Psalms and the four Gospels.
Furthermore, we'll read the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT) in equal proportions over the course of a term. So if you only participate for one quarter, you still get a fairly balanced picture.
Repetition is avoided by, for example, not reading 1 and 2 Chronicles right after 1 and 2 Kings. And you’ll be reading Deuteronomy as a refresher of the first four books of Moses, before we start on Hebrews (in the NT).
Through a meditative reading flow of one chapter a day throughout the academic year (39 weeks, 7 days a week = 273 days in total), even the most “boring” books come into their own.
Every week there is a bible meeting. In practice, the 39 reading weeks (= also 39 text compartments to be read) are preceded by a kick-off (bible meeting 0, if you will), in which the ideas are explained, and the practical aspects of the journey are discussed.
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