What is Reddit's opinion of The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People (Selections from the New International Version)?

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As others have said, don’t read it like a novel. It’s not intended to be understood in that way.

What I would do is use bible.com or the Bible app and sign up for one of the whole Bible plans. That will also give you context into what you’re reading and they present themes or sections that go together well.

I personally use ESV as it’s the closest readable translation to what the original was. A lot of Protestant churches use the NIV.

If you do want to get the ideas in a novelization type format, you can use The Story but you’re not directly reading the Bible when doing that.

I got this one some years ago.

https://www.amazon.com/Story-Continuing-Selections-International-Version/dp/031095097X/ref=nodl_#:~:text=Foreword-,The%20Story%3A%20The%20Bible%20as%20One%20Continuing%20Story%20of%20God,%3A%20The%20Story%20(11%20books)?dplnkId=7e54fc61-9250-46d1-...

I think what you might be looking for is The Story. It is however, not just the first five books but the whole Bible - written to read like a full story.

I did a 40 day plan and went through the NT to get in a good study habit. Then spent 5-6 months going through The Story. Finally, spent another year going through the whole Bible chronologically. I felt that going through this way was manageable and most importantly the focus was learning rather than just trying to get through.

There really is no wrong way to read through just make sure you gear your plan around what you hope to get out of reading rather than just reading it for the sake of making it through.

Good Luck!

The Story is a pretty good resource, it essentially condenses the NIV translation of the Bible down into, well, a story.

I'm fairly certain this is what you're looking for.

There is a book called The Story. I haven't read it, but I hear it is like the bible, assuming you don't want to read an actual bible. I'd recommend NIV, myself, so you can read the thing straight. Jesus calls people to discipleship, because just reading the text can be hard to make sense of it and what is going on. Read and talk with learned people about it.

The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People (Selections from the New International Version) https://www.amazon.com/dp/031095097X/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_5kEXDbB99TGTD