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‘Stop Trying To Read the Bible in a Year,’ Says Alisa Childers

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It’s a new year, and many people have started a Bible-in-a-year reading plan. However, podcaster and apologist Alisa Childers advises her followers, especially new Christians, not to make “an unrealistic goal that you’re going to end up giving up on.”

“I know that many of you have reported that in the wake of Charlie Kirk‘s death, you have had people ask you like, ‘Hey, I am a new Christian. Where do I start?…What Bible do I get? What do I need to know?’” said Childers in a brief video on her YouTube channel Jan. 9.

Childers said she “wanted to do an episode that would be the episode you would send to a brand new Christian because I have a couple of people like that in my life. And I thought, ‘Man, what would I really want them to know?’”

Alisa Childers: ‘Just Keep Going’


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I think that she is right. Trying to read the Bible in a year is just an arbitrary target. Why? It's not a race! It's better to keep going, like she says. Also for new Christians it"s just too much. Some of the concepts will be strange. It's better to do it gradually, choosing the most suitable books for a beginner. (I suggest starting with a gospel.) Even for mature Christians, isn't it better to study in depth rather than trying to fit your reading into one year?
 
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Hey, I am a new Christian. Where do I start?…What Bible do I get? What do I need to know?’”
You start with the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew and the red letters in the Bible.
There are many KJV ONLY churches but other translations maybe easier to read.
 
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It’s a new year, and many people have started a Bible-in-a-year reading plan.
I have read all of the Bible at least 5 times but not on a random program. I like to decide for myself what book I am going to read and study. I underline so I know what I read and what I still need to read. I have books I do not remember reading but I underlined them so it is obvious that I did read them.
 
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