Since Easter we have also started reading the book of Matthew in our family Bible reading time. This allows us to read from both the Old Testament and New Testament each day. Easter seemed to be a great time to make the transition since we were teaching the boys about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and reminding them at the same time about the birth of Christ which we covered back at Christmas time that made Easter itself all possible. Since the New Testament begins with the gospels and the gospels begin with the birth of Christ it was a natural fit. As a bonus, we now get to teach them firsthand about the life of Christ each day as we do our reading.
We plan to continue reading in both the Old Testament and New Testament each day. The goal is one chapter from each every day. This means, of course, that we'll finish the New Testament well before we complete the Old Testament, but that's just fine. At that point, we'll simply start the New Testament over and continue through again. No reason to get any more complicated than that - keeping it simple is still the plan.
Personally I'm excited about starting the gospels at the same time that we're still reading Deuteronomy. Jesus frequently quoted from both the law and the prophets - and that's exactly what he came to fullfill!
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