I am really, really excited about a new Bible and Bible curriculum that is coming out next month. Zondervan will be releasing The Bible in 90 Days Curriculum Kit this November. This curriculum kit is the companion study to The Bible in 90 Days Bible. The new Bible and curriculum promises the reader that if they follow the reading plan then they can read the Bible “cover to cover” in 90 days. I picked up the Bible at Books-a-Million last week. It is a traditional, hard-bound, large-print New International Version. There are no “study notes” or “life application insights.” The only “add-ons” are detailed reading lists (both for reading and for listening to the audio NIV), tips on how to get the most out of your study, and Start/Stop notes on the top of the pages alerting readers on where to begin/stop for the day.

I was immediately drawn to giving this reading plan a shot. One of my guilty pleasures is getting into deep Bible study. I’ll get caught on a passage or a verse and I’ll want to plum to the very depths of it. I can get lost in minutia of Greek terms or theological gunk and lose sight of the story. I want to get reacquainted with the whole story again. I’m previewing the plan to see if it would be useful to our small group at church so for the next 20 days I’ll be reading the New Testament. I went on ahead and ordered the curriculum because I feel that just reading through the Bible in 90 days is great but I want to process all that information. The kit comes with Teaching DVDs and a participants guide. It should be here about the time I finish the NT.

I have gotten some funny looks from people when I tell them that I am going to read the Bible in 90 days. I think when it comes to Bible study we have been conditioned to think that reading the Bible is some arduous task that can’t be accomplished unless we take forever. I am excited about trying this. I believe that I can do it. As I said, for the preview I’m doing the NT. As I go along, I’ll update you on the lengths of time that each reading takes me. I’m following the reading plan from day 68- day 88. Last night I read Day 69 which took me through Matthew 5- 16. I read for about 50mins. Check out the links if you think you want try it with me. Join me if your interested. Drop me an email or a comment and let me know what you think.

UPDATE: I was telling a friend about the reading plan and they said, “That means you would have to read about 4 hours a night!” Yesterday’s reading plan consisted on Mt 5-15 and it took me less than an hour to read. I read most of it while waiting on the laminator to heat up.