Toolbox: For Your Calling as a Child of God

  • Bible Reading Plans

    • Print Resources
      • Books
        • Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig (CPH: 2008) While getting a bit lost at times in the concept of “mystery,” Kleinig delivers a strong gospel-focused book on Luther’s three ways that God builds a theologian: oratio, meditatio, and tentatio.
      • Essays
        • Reclaiming Our Christ-Centered Devotional Heritage (Grow in Grace: 2013) This is one of the ministry development packages produced by Grow in Grace. This series of essays begin with an essay to remind us to let the gospel predominate in how we view our whole personal devotional life, and then the next three essays trace what it means to see oratio, meditatio, and tentatio all as gifts of God’s grace when it comes to our personal use of Word and prayer. There is also a brief workbook to help plan for growth in devotional life.
      • Devotionals
        • Treasury of Daily Prayer by CPH
        • Treasures Old & New by John Jeske
    • Courses
      • Reclaiming Our Christ-Centered Devotional Heritage This course, built off the essay series noted above, provides a way for pastors to work together to discuss how to build a more gospel predominant approach to their personal devotional life of word and prayer. At the end of the course each one attending has developed a plan to accomplish precisely that in his own life.
    • Audio and Visual Resources
      • Audio Books
        • NIV Audio Bible  The New International Version of the Bible is today’s most popular modern-English translation. This digital download of the NIV Audio Bible, Dramatized brings the Bible to life with this true-to-text dramatization of the Old and New Testament. The fully orchestrated background enriches the text reading and enhances the total experience. Digitally engineered from start to finish, this audio Bible delivers an inspiring and uplifting encounter with the Word of God. ($66.14 or $14.95 (1 credit) when you subscribe to Audible.com to get 1 credit each month for $14.95.)
        • Bible.is Audio Bible Downloads (Free)
      • Videos
      • Podcasts
        • Through the Bible in 3 Years
    • Electronic Resources
      • Email Subscriptions
        • http://www.OneYearBible.com
        • Every Day in the Word. The popular reading plan features a reading from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs each day. This plan divides the text into 365 sections, so you can read through the entire Bible in one unforgettable year—in as little as 15 minutes a day. In one year, you read the Old Testament, New Testament, and Proverbs once, and the Psalms twice.
        • One-Year Tract Bible Reading Plan. This plan is based on the M’Cheyne reading system, featuring four different readings for use in both family and personal devotions. Each day has two passages from the Old Testament, one from the New Testament, and one from either the Psalms or the Gospels. In one year, you read the Old Testament once and the New Testament and Psalms twice.
        • Through the Bible in a Year. The online version of the popular tract. Each day includes a reading from the Old Testament and New Testament. Starting in Genesis and Matthew, the readings continue sequentially—over the course of a year, you never read the same passage twice.
        • Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Lectionary. This plan follows the Daily Office Lectionary found in The Book of Common Prayer (1979) used worldwide by Anglicans and Episcopalians.
        • Daily Reading Bible. Follows the reading plan found in the ESV Daily Reading Bible. Each day has one Old Testament reading, one New Testament reading, and one reading from the Psalms. You read the Old Testament once and the New Testament and Psalms twice over a year.
        • Chronological. Read the events of the Bible as they occurred chronologically. For example, the Book of Job is integrated with Genesis because Job lived before Abraham. This reading plan is copyright Back to the Bible.
        • Literary Study Bible. Readings every day from the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, Pentateuch and History of Israel, Chronicles and Prophets, and Gospels and Epistles.
        • ESV Study Bible. Readings every day from the Psalms and Wisdom Literature, Pentateuch and History of Israel, Chronicles and Prophets, and Gospels and Epistles.
        • More Light on the Path Calendar with Daily Readings in Greek and Hebrew
      • Apps
        • YouVersion (Read or listen to the Bible anywhere you go.)
        • Logos (Powerful Bible software right on your tablet or smartphone.)
        • Pray Now (Treasury of Daily Prayer for iPhone or Android)