Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: God, the second title in The Good Portion series.
The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9:24PM 
Part II: Questions about The Ten Commandments
58. Q. What does the seventh commandment teach us?
A. To be pure in heart, language and conduct.
(Click through to read scriptural proof.)
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 12:54PM Christ has for sin atonement made,
What a wonderful Savior!
We are redeemed, the price is paid!
What a wonderful Savior!Refrain
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus!
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord!I praise Him for the cleansing blood,
What a wonderful Savior!
That reconciled my soul to God;
What a wonderful Savior!He cleansed my heart from all its sin,
What a wonderful Savior!
And now He reigns and rules therein;
What a wonderful Savior!He walks beside me in the way,
What a wonderful Savior!
And keeps me faithful day by day;
What a wonderful Savior!He gives me overcoming power,
What a wonderful Savior!
And triumph in each trying hour;
What a wonderful Savior!To Him I’ve given all my heart,
What a wonderful Savior!
The world shall never share a part;
What a wonderful Savior!
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 10:22PM 
Updated!
And updated yet again!
Without a Plan
When I took a Bible Survey class way back before I was married, I had to read through the whole Bible. I enjoyed it and learned lots about the different genres contained in the Good Book and how everything in it fits together. I used one of the through-the-Bible-in-a-year plans a couple of years ago and it was a good refresher, I suppose, but I also found it frustrating, because when I read, I like to ponder what I read. I like to answer the questions and unwrap the layers and you can’t do that with 10 chapters (or whatever it is) per day.
So I plan to never do a through-in-one-year plan again. I’ve spent over half a year reading and studying Romans now and I love reading that way.
This year, Aaron Armstrong is not using a reading plan for much the same reason.
For me, the problem was that I wasn’t spending enough time soaking in the Word. With a strict schedule of 4+ chapters a day, I found there was very little time to stop and savor. Much of the time was spent consuming. This is not the way that I prefer to read my Bible.
Instead, Aaron plans to read a few books, “mastering them and being mastered by them.”
In my opinion, through-the-Bible-in-a-year plans are good for showing the whole storyline, and knowing the storyline is a necessary foundation. But once you’ve established the foundation, it’s time to move forward and build on what you’ve got by digging deeper into the text.
With a Plan
My friend Rosemary is using a plan, but not a through-in-one-year plan. She’ll be choosing books and reading them through twenty times before she moves on.
How are you reading your Bible this year? Let me know and I’ll update this post with your info, too.