Last post I asked a what-if question. What if I think the OT is mostly just a tedious relic of antiquity?
I’ve talked to people that figure the OT is basically that – a collection of out-of-date rules and a bunch of just-barely-out-of-the-stone-age cultural weirdnesses. So why bother reading it? It’s a pretty good question, really. I’d tend to understand it if, for example someone said they weren’t reading the OT because it was no more interesting to them than reading an old Calcutta telephone directory. That comment I can understand. If someone said that they weren’t reading the OT because it was of no more value than reading listings of Calcutta telephone numbers then that’s quite a bit different. Uninteresting and valueless are different.
Anyway, all that aside, here’s a New Testament reading plan that might appeal to people who aren’t on the OT-Train. A group called Navigators has a well-organized plan for reading the NT in one year. It’s a nice, manageable plan, and reading the NT in 2020 is a nice goal and a manageable accomplishment. I recommend it.
And by the way…merry Christmas.
Notes: navigators.org/resource/bible-reading-plans