Lenten Reading
This year I am actually paying more attention to Lent than I normally do. I've concocted a reading plan to take me through to Easter Sunday, and will hopefully help me to mull over the significance of what Jesus did through his death and resurrection. I am already a couple of weeks in, but I thought I would share it so that:
a) you can use the reading plan too if you are looking for something to read in the lead up to Easter;
b) you can bounce off this and make your own reading plan;
c) the internet can hold me accountable to actually completing it; and
d) if I post reflections on any of these readings, you know what context I am reading in.
There's a mixture of Old Testament readings that focus on the the problem of sin and the need for salvation and New Testament readings mostly from the gospels.
I've been a little bit Westernised and I started my weeks on Mondays instead of Sundays - because that's how my diary works! Sorry if this is disturbing for anyone!
The first half-week that starts with Ash Wednesday
All week - Lamentations (To get a sense of the significance of Israel's plight after their exile)
The second week
All week - Micah (To see the significance of Israel's sin)
The third week
Monday to Saturday - Exodus chapters 7-12 (So that in a few weeks we can see the parallels between Jesus' work and the Exodus story)
Sunday - Hebrews 11 (To read a New Testament reflection on Old Testament prophets)
The fourth week
Monday to Friday - John chapters 13-17 (To read Jesus' last words to his disciples before he was arrested)
Saturday - Ezekiel 34 (To get the significance of sin)
Sunday - Ezekiel 36 (To hear about God's promised salvation)
The fifth week
Monday to Friday - The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 to 134, three per day) (To sing the songs Israel would sing on their way to meet the Lord at the temple)
Saturday - Psalm 51 (To get the significance of sin)
Sunday - Psalm 116 (I love the Lord!)
The sixth week
All week - Luke chapters 13-19 (Jesus' work and teaching as he walked towards Jerusalem and his death there)
The Paschal Week - the week before Easter
Isaiah's prophecies about God's coming servant:
Monday - Isaiah 42
Tuesday - Isaiah 43
Wednesday - Isaiah 49
Thursday - Isaiah 50
Good Friday - Isaiah 52-53
Saturday - Isaiah 61
Easter Sunday! - Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20!
a) you can use the reading plan too if you are looking for something to read in the lead up to Easter;
b) you can bounce off this and make your own reading plan;
c) the internet can hold me accountable to actually completing it; and
d) if I post reflections on any of these readings, you know what context I am reading in.
There's a mixture of Old Testament readings that focus on the the problem of sin and the need for salvation and New Testament readings mostly from the gospels.
I've been a little bit Westernised and I started my weeks on Mondays instead of Sundays - because that's how my diary works! Sorry if this is disturbing for anyone!
The first half-week that starts with Ash Wednesday
All week - Lamentations (To get a sense of the significance of Israel's plight after their exile)
The second week
All week - Micah (To see the significance of Israel's sin)
The third week
Monday to Saturday - Exodus chapters 7-12 (So that in a few weeks we can see the parallels between Jesus' work and the Exodus story)
Sunday - Hebrews 11 (To read a New Testament reflection on Old Testament prophets)
The fourth week
Monday to Friday - John chapters 13-17 (To read Jesus' last words to his disciples before he was arrested)
Saturday - Ezekiel 34 (To get the significance of sin)
Sunday - Ezekiel 36 (To hear about God's promised salvation)
The fifth week
Monday to Friday - The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 to 134, three per day) (To sing the songs Israel would sing on their way to meet the Lord at the temple)
Saturday - Psalm 51 (To get the significance of sin)
Sunday - Psalm 116 (I love the Lord!)
The sixth week
All week - Luke chapters 13-19 (Jesus' work and teaching as he walked towards Jerusalem and his death there)
The Paschal Week - the week before Easter
Isaiah's prophecies about God's coming servant:
Monday - Isaiah 42
Tuesday - Isaiah 43
Wednesday - Isaiah 49
Thursday - Isaiah 50
Good Friday - Isaiah 52-53
Saturday - Isaiah 61
Easter Sunday! - Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20!