In 2024, we’re encouraging Gateway Downtown members and friends to read the Bible together. Below are some resources.

Physical plan option

The plan we’re encouraging was developed by Robert Murray M’Cheyne in 19th C. Scotland. It takes you through the New Testament and Psalms twice in the year and the rest of the Old Testament once by reading about four chapters a day. If that seems like too much, you can cut that in half and do the reading over two years or cut the plan in quarters and do it over 4 years.

You can download a print copy of the plan:

App options

It’s helpful to have an app on your phone when you’re on the go. Here are three good ones, all of which have the ability to subscribe to the same plan:

• YouVersion Bible (iOS | Android)

  • YouVersion’s M’Cheyne Plan (may vary slightly from the print plan above)

• Logos Bible Study Tools (iOS | Android)

• Dwell: Audio Bible (iOS | Android)

Community

Part of the value of doing a Bible plan as a church is to spur conversations around the Bible. To that end, let us encourage you to start a discipling relationship with another Christian and join a Growth Group.

Devotions

Helpfully, New Testament scholar Don Carson has written two devotional guides for the plan we are working through. For each day, he writes a one-page reflection on the significance of one of the four passages. These are available in print from Amazon (Volume 1, Volume 2). However, they are also available for free as a daily email subscription and as a podcast (Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | feed).