One Year Bible: The Living Bible

by Anonymous

Reading the Bible in a year is made very easy by this daily calendar, easy to understand, version. Most days, you read an Old Testament verse, a New Testament verse and a Psalm or Proverb.

Genres: Christianity, Religion

1200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

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Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this translation and format. The mix of OT and NT with the Palms and Proverbs keep the daily readings fresh, interesting and inspiring. Also, the NLT version is smooth, easy to read and understand. It reads like a storybook. I’m excited to read it again!

[Janahn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Life changing! If you wonder about the Bible and what it says, take a year to read 15 minutes a day, to find out. It changed my life and gave me confidence in knowing what Christianity is and what the Bible says and what I believe!

[Moriah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has made the Bible easier to break down so that it doesn't feel so immense. There is still a lot I don't understand, but this has helped me take another step in getting closer to God and understanding His Word.

[Holly Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

How are you going to review the Bible? I really did read it. First time all the way through. Going to do it again next year. Also going to count it. Mock me if you want to.

[Fred · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, I'm surprised to say that I loved it! A year ago I wasn't expecting to be saying that after finishing it.

You see I've always looked down my nose at The Living Bible as a "kids" translation. That's probably because when I was growing up in the Nazarene Church adults used either the King James Bible or the New American Standard Bible and children and teenagers used The Living Bible (TLB). So when I was a teenage my parents gave me a copy of "The Way" which was The Living Bible with cool, hip, groovy, far out graphics (to go along with our bell bottoms and tie died T-shirts no doubt). Candidly, I never read it much - except in church meetings.

Later then I became genuinely born again (as opposed to a lukewarm member of a mainstream Christian church) the first thing that I asked my folks for was a "real" Bible - which meant the New American Standard Bible. I devoured it. After that, I was given a “Walk Thru the Bible” edition of the KJV Bible and I devoured it even more than I did the NASB. And then it was onto just about anything and everything else after (including a Catholic New Jerusalem Bible which I really loved). Left in the dust was The Living Bible.

Until now.

I like to use thought for thought translations for my devotions and word for word translations for my scholarly work – and I love these One Year Bible, I own several. So I after I bought a TLB for a Mormon Missionary that I was reaching out to I thought that I should probably reacquaint myself with it too.

And I was pleasantly surprised.

Despite its well known deficiencies (some TLB translation decisions are a bit too loose and skew more toward commentary rather than pure translation) I fell in love with the clarity and approachability of the TLB text. I intend to start using it a lot more.

And, as usual, this One Year Bible Chronological edition was wonderful. It kept me on track throughout the year (I finished it in about 13-months) and reading the text chronologically helped me gain a deeper understanding of some of the passages – the Old Testament prophets in particular.

I’m moving onto to the Orthodox Study Bible as my next devotional Bible (new English translation from the Septuagint for the Old Testament, New King James Version (NKJV) for the New Testament) but at some point I fully expect to be returning to the One Year Chronological Bible The Living Bible edition again.

[Travis Nacke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Greatest Non-Fiction I ever read! I've read all the New Testament before but this is the first time I read the whole BIBLE. I learned many new things and understand things better now. Even if you aren't very spiritual and just an avid reader of books, how can you not read one of the world's most famous book?

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

The One Year Bible makes reading the Bible daily manageable and even more enjoyable. I love looking forward to the next day's reading, whether it's continuing a story, or discovering a new Psalm and Proverb, or reading more of Jesus' teachings.

This Bible is even more memorable to me because our old, battered copy was what we used for our wedding ceremony.

[Terri Palermo · Rating 4 out of 5]

It almost hurts not to give this 5 stars but I wanted to do something to distinguish between my different versions. I think I just so love my KJV that this reads a little too simple for me. I still like it when I'm comparing verses, though.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This version of the Bible is easy and enjoyable to read. Every day you read chapters from the old and new testament as well as a chapter from the Psalms and a couple verses from Proverbs. I like how it is already broken up for you, which makes it very manageable.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I tried the Living Bible this year for my daily reading. I just did the NT this year but I enjoyed the ease of reading that it provided. I'll go back to the ESV, but this was a nice refresher for me.

[Cace]

Book is divided into 365 daily readings, so it will take me a year to finish.

[Joy Longcop · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one is to be read every single day....:)

[BJ Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

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