One of the great things that the Internet does is unite people around the world. There are very few communities that are really beneficial to building up believers, however, it seems that this is a gap that is slowly being filled.
One example of this gap being filled is with the Logos Global Bible Reader. This is a product in development, currently late in the beta release cycle. The idea of it is to read the Bible in a year on a schedule along with believers from around the world.
Given it is a new year and a great time to start reading the Bible in a year, I thought I’d give a quick plug for this free application.
To get started, create a user account on logos.com (if you don’t already have one) and then download the application from here (Windows only).
Getting started
Once logged in, select a reading schedule by clicking the purple icon next to the "Bible in a Year" text – there is a reading program that starts on Jan 1, 2009 which would be a useful place to start.
I suspect that by the time you read this it will be a few days into the new year, but never fret, you can catch up by just selecting the first day that you missed from the date drop down list (labeled 1 in the image below). If you are a bit behind, I recommend taking a few hours over a weekend to catch up.
Community – a new dimension
One of the cool things about this program is the community aspect. You can see how many people are following along the same reading as well as how many of them are on schedule with their reading. If you fall behind you will become part of the "behind" statistic.
As you read through, you can post comments by clicking the comment tab. This is one of the coolest parts of the application – not only can you share your thoughts, but so will others, which will likely both challenge, inform and inspire your thoughts as you read and reflect. A nice touch is that as you mouse over the comments the glob above will expand and you’ll see the location of each reader on the planet as your read their thoughts. I can already see a couple of readers in New Zealand in the comments.
You can read either the King James Version or the English Standard Version at the moment, and each days reading includes Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs – a good mix.
If achieving one of your goals could be done by reading through the bible in a year, this might be a great way to do it. I’ve done the Bible in a year a few times now and it is a great way to get a general overview of the Bible and understand what the Lord is doing through the word and the world.
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