Bible Teaching Tools

Here is the new Chronological Bible Reading Schedule on one page, printed front and back. It makes it easy to print on one page and then put this into your Bible. There are also full-page versions included in the download. CLICK on the image to download the schedules.

I recently made some minor corrections in my schedule for reading through the Bible in Chronological, Historical order. Nothing huge, but I corrected a few typos and slightly changed the order of some of the prophets surrounding the Babylonian Captivity. CLICK the link HERE to download them: https://bible805.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SET-of-Chronological-Bible-Reading-Schedules-by-Date-Numbered.pdf

Following is a link to download a PDF of free Bible Journaling pages: Journal pages

Below is a short video preview of the schedules and the journal pages.

There are schedules that are numbered and not dated, ones dated that you can use any year, and then ones that are dated. The numbered ones are useful if you start at a time other than the first of the year. The dated ones work well for starting at the beginning of the year. I personally download one of them and then like to highlight Sundays. That isn’t necessary for you to do, but it helps me keep track.

In addition to the minor corrections, I made condensed schedules that are contained on two instead of four pages. If you have a printer that prints on both sides of the paper you can fit the entire schedule on one piece of paper. This works well for you to make one-page reading schedules for yourself or for your church. You can make copies of any you’d like and share them.

Below is a podcast and links to a video of the reasons why I put the books in the order I did. All of it still applies in spite of my minor corrections. Please take a few minutes to watch the video if you haven’t as yet. I think the reasons why the readings are arranged the way they are is important for you to understand. Below them is a copy of the text for both.

Below is a Podcast on why I put the books into the order I put them in.

Click on the image below to go to a video that explains why I put them in the order I did. After the video is a transcript of the podcast and video if you prefer to read the reasons for the schedule being in the way it is.

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Chart of Old Testament Prophets and Kings — A chart to help you see the message of the prophets in their historical setting.

One of the most important things to keep in mind when you read through the Old Testament Prophets is that that all of these stories took place in real lives in actual history. I’ll talk about that in the individual lessons, but to help you place them, I created a chart that will help you see what prophets preached when. I based it on the work of others, but none of them that I found and that were copyright-free presented the material in a way I thought was as useful as it could be. I trust this makes sense.

The nation of Israel divided into two parts, Israel and Judah after the reign of Solomon. Both as nations deteriorated in their faithfulness to God, though Judah had some periods of revival. Ultimately Israel was conquered by Assyria and went into captivity never to return in 721 BC. Judah was conquered by Babylon in 586 BC and returned to the land after 70-year captivity. During all of these times, God sent his prophets to challenge and encourage his people.

I organized the chart so that the prophets to Israel are grouped together; as are the prophets to Judah, those who spoke to the captivity, and the books to other nations.

Following is a PDF of the chart—you can use it however you want.

Reading Schedules through the Bible in Chronological Historical order, plus free journaling pages

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Chart of Old Testament Prophets and Kings—where they fit in history