{"id":8277,"date":"2025-01-03T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:37:12","slug":"could-a-fresh-take-on-the-bible-be-part-of-your-leadership-plan-this-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/could-a-fresh-take-on-the-bible-be-part-of-your-leadership-plan-this-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a Fresh Take on the Bible Be Part of Your Leadership Plan This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What disciplines will you introduce, or re-commit to, in order to maximize your leadership in 2025?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are a leader of faith, one of most effective disciplines you can maintain is a steady diet of engagement with the bible. For leaders of faith, regular engagement with the bible provides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Practical wisdom<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Historical perspective<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Spiritual direction<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Would you consider 2025 as the year you read the bible through from cover to cover?<\/p>\n<p>I am just completing my 26th year in a row reading through the bible. This practice is one that fills my spiritual tank and it\u2019s one of the core disciplines which provides the fuel for my leadership.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>But like many others, I found it to be a very challenging discipline at first. Simply starting at Genesis and slogging my way through to the end of Revelation was cumbersome, and many of the \u201cbible-in-a-year\u201d plans that I looked at didn\u2019t seem much better.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>But then around my third year I realized that if I was going to stick with this discipline I would need to re-arrange the reading order in a new way. And so it was that I developed my own bible reading plan that has served me well ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The key, I discovered, was to assemble a plan that was built on five important principles:<\/p>\n<h2>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus\u2019 story needs to be read\u2026often.<\/h2>\n<p>Early on I realized that I want to revisit the life and ministry of Jesus throughout the year. My plan places the four gospels in each season of the year.<\/p>\n<h2>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Name the elephant in the room \u2013 Some parts of the bible are boring.<\/h2>\n<p>Plowing through some sections of the Law or the minutia of genealogies can suck the life out of bible reading. I intersperse these sections with regular \u201cbursts\u201d of Psalms and Proverbs.<\/p>\n<h2>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Prophets come to life when they\u2019re matched with their history.<\/h2>\n<p>I like to provide context for the major and minor prophets by positioning these readings as near to their corresponding history book as possible.<\/p>\n<h2>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Grouping the letters creates context and texture.<\/h2>\n<p>I love working through Paul\u2019s letters, taking a \u201cgospel break\u201d then tackling the other letters a bit later in the year.<\/p>\n<h2>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Have a strong finish line.<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve always had a special appreciation for the Apostle John. I end the year with John\u2019s gospel, followed by his letters, then the Revelation. To me this provides a wonderful year-end conclusion to the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Reading the bible all the way through is not in and of itself spiritually significant, and on its own it won\u2019t jump-start your leadership effectiveness. But the discipline of spending time in the bible can yield marvelous results.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to check out my plan\u00a0<a title=\"Bible Reading Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Daily_Bible_Plan1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Whatever plan you use, stick with it. The results for your leadership, and your life, could be significant.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Happy New Year.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What disciplines will you introduce, or re-commit to, in order to maximize your leadership in 2025? 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