Read through the whole Bible. Learn a method to study it for life.
Most Bible apps help you read the Bible. Storyline teaches you how to study it.
Storyline One Year Bible takes you through every chapter of Scripture in one year or two. Along the way, it teaches you inductive Bible study, the method taught in seminaries and laid out in Howard Hendricks' Living by the Book. Pastors learn to study Scripture this way. Most Christians are never shown how. This app shows you, one day at a time.
A METHOD FOR ANY PASSAGE
Inductive study asks three questions, in order:
Observe: What does it say? Slow down and see what is actually in the text: who, what, when, where, why and how.
Interpret: What does it mean? Read it in context and let Scripture explain Scripture, to find what the author meant.
Apply: How should I apply this? Move from what it meant then to one specific step today.
Once you know the method, you can open any passage and study it on your own, without depending on someone else's explanation.
LEARN IT IN FOUR SHORT LESSONS
Four short lessons teach the method step by step: why to study the Bible, then observation, interpretation and application. The last three practice on the same passage, Mark 2:1-12, so you see the whole method at work. Take them on your first day or whenever you're ready. They're always in the Plans tab.
PRACTICE IT EVERY DAY
Every day of the plan gives you Observe, Interpret and Apply questions written for that day's reading. Write your answers in the app, and they become a journal you can search and look back on. With daily practice, the three questions become a habit you can bring to any passage.
READ THROUGH THE WHOLE BIBLE
Each day has an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and a Psalm. The Old Testament follows the order of its story: Genesis to the patriarchs, Moses, the judges and kings, the prophets read alongside the kings they spoke to, the exile, and the return. The New Testament and a Psalm come along the way, so Jesus is never far from view. Optional Explore notes connect each passage to the rest of Scripture and to Christ.
ONE YEAR OR TWO
Choose your pace when you start. Two years is recommended: about 4 minutes of reading or 6 of listening a day, so there's time for the questions. You read the Old Testament one day, and the New Testament and a Psalm the next. One year is about 9 minutes of reading or 12 of listening, with all three readings every day. Switch anytime in Plans. Your progress and journal stay.
READ OR LISTEN
Every reading is narrated by a human voice. Listen on your commute or at the gym, then answer the day's questions when you're ready. Download ahead and listen offline.
GRACE FOR MISSED DAYS
Fall behind? No guilt. Shift your schedule, catch up at your own pace, or switch to two years.
MORE PLANS
Topical plans for real life: What Christians Believe, Discipleship, Church Life, Missions, Fear and Anxiety, Parenting, Family, and Relationships. Each one uses the same three questions.
FREE. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT.
Storyline One Year Bible is made by Storyline, a nonprofit. There are no ads, no subscriptions, and no paywall. Your journal stays on your phone. Storyline is free because people give.
Scripture text and audio: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), a modern translation from the original Hebrew and Greek, dedicated to the public domain. Audio read by Bob Souer.
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