Biblical illiteracy is on the rise. Why are so many people without a thorough understanding of scriptural teaching? One of the main reasons is we are reading it in a different way from how it was written.
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Warnings
- Don’t attempt a marathon before you have completed a lap.
- Don’t get stagnate with your time if you don’t have an adequate amount of time.
- Don’t read the Bible like a yearbook.
- Don’t read the Bible like a fortune cookie.
Encouragements
- The best way to read the Bible is book by book.
- Each book of the Bible has a beginning, middle, and end.
- Bible intake is essential to Christian discipleship.
- You can read 40 out of the 66 books of the Bible in less than 1 hour.
- You can read the Bible if you want to read the Bible. You just have to make time.
List of Average Reading Time for Each Book of the Bible

Travis Agnew serves as the Lead Pastor of Rocky Creek Church in Greenville, SC. His most recent book is Just (About) Married.