Reading the Bible front to back is how most people start, and Leviticus is where most people stop. Nothing is wrong with you. It is simply not an introduction.

Start with a gospel

Mark is the shortest and moves fast. Luke is the most careful with detail. Either puts you with Jesus in the first paragraph, which is a better entry than genealogies and building measurements.

Read a paragraph, not a quota

Chapters are a later invention and they cut in strange places. A paragraph is a complete thought. Read one, then stop and consider what it says. That is a full session, even at four minutes.

Pick a translation you can follow

The most accurate translation is the one you keep reading. If a version makes you reread every sentence, that friction is not reverence, it is a barrier. Try a more contemporary translation and see whether you get further.

Same time, same place

Habits attach to cues more reliably than to intentions. The same chair and the same ten minutes will carry you further than a resolution to read more. And when you inevitably skip a day, begin again at today.

Worth knowing, because almost nobody does: the Word belongs to everyone, but the modern translations do not. Each one took scholars years to produce and is owned by a publisher who licenses it. That is why some versions are in an app and others cannot be. We pay those fees so that reading costs you nothing.

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