Likewise, when we read the whole Bible, we hear God’s story from eternity past to eternity future. So many of the scattered fragments would fall into place, organized around the big narrative. Imagine the benefit to your relationship if you sat down to hear her life story. We know bits about him, but we’ve never taken the time to hear him out on his plans from beginning to end. Perhaps you can name an ambition or two of hers, but you’re not certain where she hopes her future takes her. But you’ve never heard her tell her own story from beginning to end. You can list her interests, quote her insights, even recount anecdotes from various eras of her life. The triune God speaks to us through his Word. We also know that the Bible isn’t an end in itself-it’s the means by which we know God (John 5:39 17:3). We know that God is the main character of the Bible. Reading the whole Bible will clarify and deepen your knowledge of God-and by knowledge, I mean your personal relationship with him. Here are two reasons why you want to read the whole Bible next. I mean you should see the Bible as one book, and decide to read it as a whole in whatever time frame is accomplishable for you. I’m not necessarily advocating for a Bible-in-a-year plan.

If you don’t know what to read next in the Bible, commit to reading the whole thing. The book I offer will both heighten your delight in God’s Word, and it will astronomically increase your proficiency in navigating the Biblical landscape as a student of Scripture. I trust that when you ask this question of what book of the Bible to read next, you ask out of a good desire-the desire to delight in God’s Word, and to be a diligent student of it. You’ve asked for a book of the Bible to read, and I’m going to give you a book that I believe is the one you most need. I confess that I lack confidence that you will like my answer-at least initially. Naturally, having finished one of the 66 books of the Bible, we ask: “What’s next?” 65 options would overwhelm anyone! If you’re paralyzed by biblical where-to-go-itis, let me offer a cure. So we may decide to open a less familiar book of the Bible to help us have a more balanced understanding of the Bible. We enjoy certain genres, while unintentionally neglecting others. Each of us, when faced with so many books-within-a-book, will prefer some of them to others. Second, we want to make sure we are well-rounded students of Scripture. We think that reading a less familiar book of the Bible may restore our interest in the Bible as a whole. That may not always be true, though familiarity can breed other vices like thoughtless skimming or the “I-already-know-this” attitude. How do we keep the desire for God’s Word aflame when it becomes increasingly familiar? Familiarity breeds contempt, so we have heard.

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