An Audio Bible Reading Companion

The Bible can be a jungle to those unfamiliar with it. You could use a guide to help you navigate your way through it – to help you find clearings where you can walk around without getting your feet caught in the underbrush. Elsewhere among the books appendixes, I give you a Bible Reading Plan (BRP). With this page, I am volunteering to read along with you. I remember well when I began reading the Bible at age 26, and I am giving you the help I wish I had received.

What you will find below are links to audio recordings of me reading and commenting on every chapter of the Bible. These audio files were originally recorded in 2015-2018 for podcasts and blogs (which is why I introduce myself at the beginning of each chapter); the podcasts and blogs no longer exist, but I’m preserving those recordings for you here. The average length of each New Testament chapter recording is 20 minutes, and usually stays in the range of 10-30; the Old Testament chapter recordings average about half that length.

You can access these chapters in any order, but I always recommend becoming familiar with the New Testament before trying to tackle the Old Testament. The point of the Bible is Jesus Christ, and the New Testament speaks about Him more explicitly than does the Old Testament. When you do get to the Old Testament, you will hear me introducing each chapter with the title I chose for those podcasts: “Reading the Old Testament with Jesus in mind.” All that said, you are welcome to access these recordings randomly as well as sequentially. You will find Jesus Christ the focal point of every single one.

New Testament

Matthew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Luke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Acts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Romans 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Corinthians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 Corinthians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Galatians 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ephesians 1 2 3 4 5 6
Philippians 1 2 3 4
Colossians 1 2 3 4
1 Thessalonians 1 2 3 4 5
2 Thessalonians 1 2 3
1 Timothy 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 Timothy 1 2 3 4
Titus 1 2 3
Philemon 1
Hebrews 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
James 1 2 3 4 5
1 Peter 1 2 3 4 5
2 Peter 1 2 3
1 John 1 2 3 4 5
2 John 1
3 John 1
Jude 1
Revelation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Old Testament