Bible 2025

Bible 2025

The Bible is God’s Word, His revelation of Himself to His people. It tells the story of God creating the world, mankind’s fall into sin, and God making a way for our redemption. It calls us to respond to the Lord in repentance and faith, and it points us to the hope of the coming new creation.

In 2025, we will read through the whole Bible chronologically as a church, seeing who God is, what He has done throughout all of history, and how we ought to live and walk in light of Him.

Find resources on this page to help you along as you read through the Bible 2025!

“Sanctify them in your truth; your word is truth.”

John 17:17

this week

reading
  • January 1: Genesis 1-3
  • January 2: Genesis 4-8
  • January 3: Genesis 9-11
  • January 4: Job 1-5
  • January 5: Job 6-11
resource spotlight

A Guide to Getting Started
It is easy to start a Bible reading plan; it is harder to resolve to finish. Find helpful tips in this three-page guide to help you plan well and set yourself up to make the most of your 2025 Bible reading!

Listen to Sunday’s message and this week’s Behind the Message podcast to help you talk about the Big Truths and Big Ideas proclaimed in God’s Word.

reading guides

Click to download the Reading Plan
Click to download this Reading Guide

View the folder with every genre’s Reading Guide here.


resources

ESV Study Bible: A study Bible provides helpful overview information before each book of the Bible with details on timeline, authorship, and main themes. It also provides notes throughout that can be helpful to answer quick questions that come up as you read.

Click on the headings below to open resources for each section.

Intro & Overview Resources

We make the most of our Bible reading when we have a general idea of the whole storyline of Scripture. 

We make the most of our Bible reading when we have an overall understanding of the specific book we are reading.

  • Book Introductions – Macarthur
    • Read an introduction for each book of the Bible. Each one includes key information on author, date, and historical events; a summary of the main message; as well as how the book fits within the big story of the whole Bible.

We make the most of our Bible reading when we have a general idea of the genre of the book or section you’re reading. Check out this Visual Theology poster for examples.

Also, check out the following resources available in the Resource Center!

  • What is Biblical Theology – Hamilton
  • Biblical Theology – 9Marks
    • The Bible is not 66 individual, isolated stories. It is one story. The discipline of biblical theology seeks to understand the overarching narrative throughout all of Scripture, which can make it easier to understand what you’re reading on any given day. Each of these books is very short and accessible and gives an introduction to biblical theology. 
  • Hope for All the Earth – Chase
  • The 30 Minute Bible – Bartholomew
  • According to Plan – Goldsworthy
  • God’s Glory in Salvation Through Judgment – Hamilton
    • Each of these resources dive a little deeper into an understanding of biblical theology; that is, what the overarching narrative of Scripture is. These resources are listed in order that moves from most simple to more scholarly.
For Parents

Consider how to engage your children in the Bible 2025. 

  • Challenge your teenagers or older elementary kids to read along with you. 
  • For younger elementary children, pick one or two chapters each week to read out loud as a family, and help them connect the dots for how the Bible comes together as one big story. 
  • For preschoolers, teach them the names of the books of the Bible and the overarching narrative storyline

Pick up a blank journaling Bible in the Resource Center at the start of the Bible 2025. As you read, highlight or underline things that stand out to you and that you would hope stand out to your child. Jot down quick notes, thoughts, or prayers for your child as you read. When you have worked through the whole Bible, keep the Bible to give as a gift to your son or daughter for Christmas or for a special occasion, such as their baptism, 16th birthday, or graduation.

Law (January 1 – March 15)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
The first five books of the Bible are the books of the law (Torah in Hebrew) written by Moses.
The Torah tells the narrative of God creating the world, God creating His people Israel, and God telling His people how to live.

It includes the narratives of creation and fall; of the patriarchs– the fathers of God’s people: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and of God giving His law to Israel through Moses, beginning with the Ten Commandments.

  • Use: Historical Narrative Reading Guide (Genesis & Exodus)
  • Use: Law Reading Guide (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
  • Watch: Torah Overview
    • A 20-minute video that introduces the major themes of each of the first five books of Scripture, the names of God found within them, and the covenant that God makes with His people.
creation + Fall (Genesis 1-3)
patriarchs (Genesis 12-50)
law (Exodus – deuteronomy)
History (March 16 – May 16) & (June 10 – 28)

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah
Many Old Testament books tell historical narratives. Some focus on one individual or circumstance, like Job and Esther, while others take a broader look at Israel, like the Kings and Chronicles.

judges
  • As you read through the judges, pay attention to the cycle of disobedience and rebellion that Israel progresses through. 
    • Check out this Visual Theology poster for inspiration, and write or draw something similar in your own notes.
kings
Wisdom (May 17 – June 9)

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations
What does it look like to live as God has declared His people should live? The books of Wisdom are often written in a poetic style, revealing and personalizing what wisdom is, how to get it, and what it looks like lived out in our lives. 

Prophets (June 29 – September 6)

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zechariah, Haggai, Zephaniah, Malachi
Prophets are sent by God with a message (prophecy) to declare on His behalf. Prophets remind God’s people of how they have broken their covenant with the Lord and call them to repentance, warn them of coming judgment if they do not repent, and point to a hope of future restoration. 

Gospels (September 7 – October 11)

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
The gospel accounts each tell the story of the life and teachings of Jesus, ending with His death on the cross for our sins, His resurrection from the grave, and His final earthly charges to His people before He ascends back into heaven. 

Acts + Epistles (October 12 – November 29)

Acts, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, Revelation

Church 
  • As you read Acts and the epistles, follow along with a Bible map to trace Paul’s missionary journeys and the spread of the gospel as new churches are started.
  • Watch / Listen: The God Who Gathers and Transforms His People – D.A. Carson lecture
New Creation