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The One Year Chronological Bible NIV (One Year Bible: Niv)

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The "One Year Chronological Bible" is a wonderful way to gain a comprehensive overview of the what, where and when of the Bible through a planned guide of yearly readings. The Bible is finally put into its historical order (as understood by conservative, evangelical scholars), allowing readers to fit the kings, kingdoms, people, and work of God into an understandable format for any reader. The daily reading plan allows one to go through the entire Bible in a year by following an easily a managable format. This is a great resource for students, teachers, or anyone wanting to have a better understanding of the Bible - both Old and New Testaments - and its times.

I have always struggled to read through the Bible in a year. I would start out in January ok, but by March, it was pretty much done for the year. I would then start the next year all over again, always with the same results. That was before I got a Bible that actually told me what to read every day to be on schedule. And then I found out that in addition to that, there is this chronological Bible with the events more or less in the order they happened! I'm hooked now on daily Bible reading and think that if it was easy for others to do, they'd be hooked on it too!

I am now convinced more than anything else that a vigorous spiritual life absolutely requires regular reading and pondering God's Holy Word. I've always struggled with this up to now. Thanks to the daily Chronological Bible, I now look forward each afternoon when I get home from work to see what God will teach me through His word. And because it is in chronological order, the reading is more like a connected story rather than just 66 independent books strung together. Plus, you never really know what you will be reading next, depending on the sequence of events that took place all those years ago. It is a fresh look at a very familiar book, and a new adventure! And the NIV translation is accurate, relevant, and modern, which makes the reading more interesting and meaningful.

I now commit to taking the 15 minutes each day to read through that day's Word with sincerity and diligence. I'm all but convinced that my life is changing due to this commitment, and for the better! God now takes on new meaning in my life, and I have new, fresh relevance as I struggle to live every day. I feel that His Holy Spirit will speak often to me in the Word, and at least 15 minutes each day will be spent reading God's love letter to me so that I can put my priorities in the right sequence.

In the past month or so that I have discovered this, I have had new excitement about a 2000+ year old book, and now look forward to seeing what God will tell me in each day's 15 minutes alone with His Holy Word. All I need is my calendar and my Chronological Daily Bible.

For Christians out there, I'm sure that if you include daily Bible reading and prayer as an ingredient in your daily life, that you will have many rewards for that! I suggest this almost sinfully easy way for you to do daily Bible reading with the assurance that it will bless you in ways you never thought possible! It certainly has for me!

Hats off to the publishers of this Bible! With an easy-to-read format, the events in Old and New Testament times come alive in a whole new way. Readers gain a much better understanding of the timeline throughout the Bible. Events are placed in the order they occurred, making it easy for any reader to keep track of when things are taking place. Daily readings are designed to help you through the entire Bible in one year. Perfect for anyone desiring a better grasp of the time frame throughout the Bible!

...I will never forget the first time I read the Bible through in chronological order. It was such an eye-opening experience that I have to say it literally changed my life and the way I think and meditate on scripture. What happens to a believer when they do this is hard to express. But suddenly all those seemingly obscure prophetic passages begin to take on new meaning as you realize when this prophet actually lived and what was going on around him when he prophesied. So, I have always told my children to read the Bible through in chronological order. You can study what you want as you go, but read it daily in chronological order. Make that daily deposit in your heart and let His Word grow.
...My first experience with reading chronologically was done with a reading chart. Over the years I have found several different reading charts that proport to put the Bible in chronological order. While all of these charts are absolutely great, and sometimes represent countless hours or even lifetimes of work in putting them together, the problem is that you end up flipping back and forth between passages in a regular Bible. The great thing about this Bible is that the passages are put in order for you in a very comfortable daily reading. This makes it very easy to jut pick up daily and read... no flipping around!
...The only things I don't like about it are:
...(1) I'm not a big fan of the NIV translation, although it is certainly very easy to read. This translation, while giving you a very clear reading, doesn't really tell you what words were added to the translation (like the NKJV or KJV and others do with italics). Also, since NIV is based much on the Sinaticus text, there are several places where there is just too much deletion of scripture that you would find in other translations! Of course, these deletions are included in the footnotes, but this makes you have to pay attention to the footnotes all the time, which kinda breaks up the flow of reading a passage.
...(2) It is paperback. This doesn't make for a long-lasting book; especially one that you might pick up and read every day! That, to me, is kinda dumb. I would hope that the producers of this book would sometime in the future release a leather-bound Bible that will last for generations!
...Over all, I give this a 4 simply because it is a fantastic idea put in a very easy-to-use form (+5) even though it is a paperback NIV (-1). If you've never read the Bible in chronological order... do it! You will not regret it! You will come to see God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word in a more real way.

I am perhaps reviewing this bible a little prematurely since I don't own one YET. However, I was looking over my co-worker's copy and since I have decided to read the bible from the beginning to end I saw this bible as the perfect way to that. I had already started to read the regular NIV bible but found myself at times a little confused since the time frame of the events sometimes jumps around and another advantage I see to this bible is that you won't read the same story 3 to 4, or more, times. I don't recommend this bible as the only bible to own however since there may be times that you would want to read one of the books, say Mark for example, to get more of a feel for the arthur instead of the actual message and if you're in a bible study you'd want a bible that's set up in the standard way. However, if your goal is to read the bible all the way through from start to finish for the storyline it looks to me like this bible is the way to go. I'm very anxious to get my own copy!

This is one of three Bibles I purchased this summer. I probably will not read it as a one-year project: already did that once and was never so glad to have December 31 roll around; that edition is the only Bible I ewver sold at a yard sale. But this is a very interesting version. For example, we'e beentold Job is one of the oldest books in the Bible, and in this edition, there it is, the reading for January 5- 17, mixed in with Genesis. The Psalms are incorporated in the parts of the OT story where they were probably written and the four gospels are "cut-and-pasted" to compare all available versions of the same story. The epistles are in time sequence, not the traditional "length" sequence. This ought to be vey useful in study and preparation for teaching. The "book" is a bit "squatty" looking (thick compared to height and width) but the printing is very nice. As a NIV it is readable but scholarly, too. Worth the money.

Just an excellent idea for those of us who get confused with the duplication of facts in different books of the Bible.
Very well-planned for daily reading, as well. Highly recommend.

This Bible presents a fresh and helpful approach by eliminating the question, "What should I read from Scripture today?". Divided into 365 chronological readings, you should plan to spend about 20 minutes on each reading (unless your goal is to simple say you've read the entire Bible, in which case you can zoom thru a reading in about 10 minutes). Because it's the NIV, the text is very readable. And yes, you will still have to wade through all the genealogies and all the OT prophecies about the destruction of Jerusalem. If you start on January 1st, it's great to have each reading labeled with an assigned date (January 2, January 3, etc.) If you don't start on January 1- well, you'll just have to use a bookmark because you'll be out of sync with the headings.

Overall, it's extremely helpful to read Scripture chronologically. Seeing OT prophecy (as well as the life of the prophets) in historical context is a great learning tool. I highly recommend this bible.

I was a Christian for 20 years before I read the Bible chronologically. This Bible helped me put the pieces together. Before I would get bogged down in the prophets. When I read this Bible, though, the prophets were dropped in alongside the specific king that they prophesied against. Suddenly it all made sense. Everyone who reads the Bible regularly should read it Chronologically at least once.

I found not all events appeared in this Bible in chronological order. Especially when it came to stories that appeared in Kings, Chronicles, Isiah, and others. I would read the same story 4 days later after I had read some other story. The two stories should appear together, even if it means being redundant. Many times the Chronicles version is much more complete than the story in the Kings.
I have a much older KJV of the Chronological Bible and it is very different.
I was disappointed.