Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV Study

1-Jan God's Plan of Salvation 2501-2503 1-Feb The Canon of the 2579-2581 Overview of the Bible: A Survey of Salvation 2-Feb The Apocrapha 2581-2583 2-Jan History 23-26 3-Feb 3-Jan Introduction to Luke 1935-1941 4-Feb 4-Jan Introduction to the Pentateuch 35-37 5-Feb Introduction to Acts 2073-2079 5-Jan Introduction to Genesis 39-48 6-Feb 6-Jan History of Salvation in Genesis 2635-2637 7-Feb 7-Jan Introduction to 1-2 Chronicles 697-704 8-Feb Reading the Bible Theologically 2567-2568 8-Jan History of Salvation in 1 Chronicles 2644-2645 9-Feb Reading the Bible as Literature 2569-2570 32; 1788- 10-Feb Reading the Bible in Prayer 2570-2572 9-Jan OT/Intertestamental/NT Timelines 9; 1806-7 11-Feb Reading the Bible for Personal Application 2572-2574 10-Jan Introduction to Psalms 935-941 12-Feb Reading the Bible for Preaching and Worship 2574-2575 11-Jan History of Salvation in Psalms 1-50 2648-2649 13-Feb The Date of Jesus' Crucifixion 1809-1810 12-Jan The Theology of the Old Testament 29-31 14-Feb Reading the Gospels and Acts 1811-1813 13-Jan The Theology of the New Testament 1803-1805 15-Feb How the NT Quotes and Interprets the OT 2605-2607 14-Jan Bible Doctrine: True Theology 2505-2507 16-Feb Interpreting the Bible: An Introduction 2561-2563 15-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Bible and Revelation 2507-2509 17-Feb Interpreting the Bible: A Historical Overview 2563-2565 16-Jan Bible Doctrine: What It Means to Know God 2509-2510 18-Feb 17-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Character of God 2510-2513 19-Feb History of Salvation in Psalms 51-100 2649-2650 18-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Trinity 2513-2515 20-Feb 19-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Person of Christ 2515-2519 21-Feb The Reliability of Old Testament Manuscripts 2585-2587 20-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Holy Spirit 2520-2522 22-Feb The Reliability of New Testament Manuscripts 2587-2589 21-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Work of Christ 2522-2526 23-Feb Archaeology and the Old Testament 2591-2592 22-Jan Bible Doctrine: Mankind 2526-2529 24-Feb Archaeology and the New Testament 2592-2594 23-Jan Bible Doctrine: God's Relationship with Creation 2529 25-Feb 24-Jan Bible Doctrine: Sin 2530-2531 26-Feb Introduction to Exodus 139-144 25-Jan Bible Doctrine: Salvation 2531-2532 27-Feb The Date of the Exodus 33-34 26-Jan Bible Doctrine: The Church 2532-2533 28-Feb History of Salvation in Exodus 2637-2638 27-Jan Bible Doctrine: Last Things 2533-2534 28-Jan History of Salvation in 2 Chronicles 2645-2646 29-Jan 30-Jan 31-Jan The Canon of the Old Testament 2577-2579 Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV

1-Mar Introduction to Romans 2151-2156 1-Apr God's Plan of Salvation 2501-2503 2-Mar Reading the Epistles 2147-2149 Overview of the Bible: A Survey of Salvation 3-Mar 2-Apr History 23-26 4-Mar 3-Apr 5-Mar 4-Apr 6-Mar Introduction to Ezra 799-803 5-Apr Introduction to Leviticus 211-216 7-Mar History of Salvation in Ezra 2646 6-Apr History of Salvation in Leviticus 2638 8-Mar 7-Apr Introduction to Isaiah 1233-1239 9-Mar 8-Apr History of Salvation in Isaiah 2653-2655 10-Mar 9-Apr Introduction to 2 Corinthians 2219-2222 11-Mar 10-Apr History of Salvation in Psalms 101-150 2650-2652 12-Mar 11-Apr Bible Ethics: An Introduction 2535-2537 13-Mar 12-Apr Bible Ethics: The Beginning of Life and Abortion 2537-2539 14-Mar 13-Apr Bible Ethics: Bioethics 2540-2541 15-Mar 14-Apr Bible Ethics: The End of Life 2542 16-Mar Introduction to Nehemiah 821-823 15-Apr Bible Ethics: Marriage and Sexual Morality 2543-2545 17-Mar History of Salvation in Nehemiah 2646 16-Apr Bible Ethics: Divorce and Remarriage 2545-2547 18-Mar 17-Apr Bible Ethics: Homosexuality 2547-2550 19-Mar 18-Apr Bible Ethics: Civil Government 2550-2551 20-Mar 19-Apr Introduction to Galatians 2241-2244 21-Mar 20-Apr Bible Ethics: Capital Punishment 2552-2553 22-Mar 21-Apr Bible Ethics: War 2554-2555 23-Mar Introduction to 1 Corinthians 2187-2191 22-Apr Bible Ethics: Lying and Telling the Truth 2556-2557 24-Mar 23-Apr Bible Ethics: Racial Discrimination 2557-2558 25-Mar 24-Apr Bible Ethics: Stewardship 2559-2560 26-Mar 25-Apr 27-Mar 26-Apr Introduction to Ephesians 2257-2261 28-Mar 27-Apr 29-Mar Introduction to Esther 849-852 28-Apr 30-Mar History of Salvation in Esther 2646-2647 29-Apr 31-Mar 30-Apr Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV Study Bible

1-May 1-Jun Introduction to Jonah 1683-1686 2-May Introduction to Numbers 257-264 2-Jun History of Salvation in Jonah 2660 3-May History of Salvation in Numbers 2638-2639 3-Jun Introduction to Proverbs 1129-1134 4-May Introduction to Philippians 2275-2279 4-Jun Introduction to Hosea 1619-1622 5-May 5-Jun History of Salvation in Hosea 2659-2660 6-May 6-Jun Introduction to Titus 2345-2347 7-May 7-Jun History of Salvation in Proverbs 2652-2653 8-May 8-Jun Introduction to Deuteronomy 325-329 9-May Introduction to Colossians 2289-2292 9-Jun History of Salvation in Deuteronomy 2638-2639 10-May 10-Jun 11-May 11-Jun 12-May 12-Jun Introduction to Philemon 2353-2354 13-May 13-Jun 14-May Introduction to 1 Thessalonians 2301-2304 14-Jun 15-May 15-Jun Introduction to Amos 1655-1658 16-May 16-Jun History of Salvation in Amos 2660 17-May 17-Jun Introduction to Matthew 1815-1819 18-May 18-Jun 19-May 19-Jun The Time Between the Testaments 1783-1785 20-May 20-Jun The Roman Empire and the Greco-Roman World 1793-1797 21-May Introduction to 2 Thessalonians 2313-2315 21-Jun Jewish Groups at the Time of the New Testament 1799-1800 22-May 22-Jun 23-May 23-Jun Introduction to Micah 1693-1695 24-May Introduction to the Prophetic Books 1229-1232 24-Jun History of Salvation in Micah 2660-2661 25-May Introduction to 1 Timothy 2321-2324 25-Jun 26-May Introduction to Obadiah 1677-1679 26-Jun 27-May History of Salvation in Obadiah 2660 27-Jun 28-May Introduction to Joel 1643-1645 28-Jun Introduction to Ecclesiastes 1193-1196 29-May History of Salvation in Joel 2660 29-Jun History of Salvation in Ecclesiastes 2653 30-May Introduction to the Poetic and Wisdom Literature 865-868 30-Jun Introduction to Nahum 1709-1711 31-May Introduction to 2 Timothy 2335-2337 Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV Study Bible

1-Jul History of Salvation in Nahum 2661 1-Aug 2-Jul Introduction to Joshua 389-393 2-Aug 3-Jul History of Salvation in Joshua 2640 3-Aug Introduction to Psalms 935-941 4-Jul Introduction to Zephaniah 1729-1731 4-Aug History of Salvation in Psalms 1-50 2648-2649 5-Jul History of Salvation in Zephaniah 2661 5-Aug 6-Jul Introduction to the Historical Books 385-387 6-Aug Introduction to Mark 1889-1892 7-Jul Introduction to Jeremiah 1363-1368 7-Aug 8-Jul History of Salvation in Jeremiah 2655-2657 8-Aug 9-Jul 9-Aug 10-Jul 10-Aug 11-Jul 11-Aug 12-Jul 12-Aug Introduction to Ruth 475-477 13-Jul God's Plan of Salvation 2501-2503 13-Aug History of Salvation in Ruth 2640-2641 Overview of the Bible: A Survey of Salvation 14-Aug 14-Jul History 23-26 15-Aug 15-Jul 16-Aug Introduction to 1-2 Samuel 485-490 16-Jul 17-Aug History of Salvation in 1 Samuel 2641 17-Jul 18-Aug 18-Jul 19-Aug 19-Jul 20-Aug Introduction to 1 Peter 2401-2404 20-Jul 21-Aug 21-Jul Introduction to Song of Solomon 1211-1215 22-Aug 22-Jul History of Salvation in Song of Solomon 2653 23-Aug Introduction to Lamentations 1475-1478 23-Jul Introduction to Hebrews 2357-2360 24-Aug History of Salvation in Lamentations 2657 24-Jul Introduction to Judges 433-438 25-Aug 25-Jul History of Salvation in Judges 2640 26-Aug Introduction to 2 Peter 2415-2417 26-Jul 27-Aug 27-Jul 28-Aug Introduction to Habakkuk 1719-1720 28-Jul 29-Aug History of Salvation in Habakkuk 2661 29-Jul 30-Aug Introduction to Luke 1935-1941 30-Jul 31-Aug Introduction to Daniel 1581-1585 31-Jul Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV Study Bible

1-Sep History of Salvation in Daniel 2659 1-Oct God's Plan of Salvation 2501-2503 2-Sep Overview of the Bible: A Survey of Salvation 3-Sep 2-Oct History 23-26 4-Sep 3-Oct 5-Sep 4-Oct Introduction to Romans 2151-2156 6-Sep 5-Oct Introduction to 1-2 Kings 585-590 7-Sep 6-Oct History of Salvation in 1 Kings 2642-2643 8-Sep 7-Oct 9-Sep 8-Oct 10-Sep 9-Oct 11-Sep History of Salvation in 2 Samuel 2641-2642 10-Oct 12-Sep Introduction to Ezekiel 1495-1501 11-Oct The Bible in Roman Catholicism 2613-2615 13-Sep History of Salvation in Ezekiel 2657-2659 12-Oct The Bible in Eastern Orthodoxy 2615-2617 14-Sep 13-Oct The Bible in Liberal Protestantism 2618-2619 15-Sep 14-Oct The Bible in Evangelical Protestantism 2620-2622 16-Sep The Bible in Evangelical Protestantism and Global 17-Sep 15-Oct Christianity 2622 18-Sep 16-Oct The Bible and Contemporary Judaism 2623-2625 19-Sep 17-Oct The Bible and Other World Religions 2625-2628 20-Sep 18-Oct The Bible and Islam 2628-2630 21-Sep History of Salvation in Psalms 51-100 2649-2650 19-Oct The Bible and Mormonism 2631-2632 22-Sep 20-Oct The Bible and Jehovah's Witnesses 2632-2633 23-Sep 21-Oct The Bible and Christian Science 2633 24-Sep 22-Oct The Bible and New Age Movement 2633-2634 25-Sep 23-Oct 26-Sep 24-Oct 27-Sep 25-Oct 28-Sep 26-Oct Introduction to Haggai 1741-1743 29-Sep 27-Oct History of Salvation in Haggai 2661 30-Sep 28-Oct Introduction to James 2387-2390 29-Oct Introduction to Zechariah 1749-1752 30-Oct History of Salvation in Zechariah 2661 31-Oct Reading Plan for Articles and Introductions in the ESV Study Bible

1-Nov History of Salvation in 2 Kings 2643-2644 1-Dec 2-Nov 2-Dec Introduction to 1 John 2425-2429 3-Nov Introduction to John 2015-2018 3-Dec 4-Nov 4-Dec 5-Nov 5-Dec 6-Nov 6-Dec 7-Nov 7-Dec 8-Nov 8-Dec Introduction to 2 John 2439-2440 9-Nov 9-Dec Introduction to 3 John 2443-2444 10-Nov Introduction to Malachi 1771-1773 10-Dec Introduction to Jude 2447-2448 11-Nov History of Salvation in Malachi 2661 11-Dec Introduction to Revelation 2453-2462 12-Nov History of Salvation in Psalms 101-150 2650-2652 12-Dec 13-Nov 13-Dec 14-Nov Introduction to Isaiah 1233-1239 14-Dec 15-Nov History of Salvation in Isaiah 2653-2655 15-Dec 16-Nov 16-Dec 17-Nov 17-Dec 18-Nov 18-Dec 19-Nov 19-Dec 20-Nov Hewbrew and Aramaic, and How They Work 2595-2597 20-Dec 21-Nov Greek, and How It Works 2598-2600 21-Dec 22-Nov The 2601-2603 22-Dec 23-Nov 23-Dec 24-Nov 24-Dec 25-Nov 25-Dec 26-Nov 26-Dec 27-Nov 27-Dec 28-Nov Introduction to Job 869-873 28-Dec 29-Nov History of Salvation in Job 2647-2648 29-Dec 30-Nov 30-Dec 31-Dec

Prepared by Eric Schumacher, January 2009 http://scripturealone.blogspot.com