welcome to the 3x5 club
This web site is an online resource designed to help you in your year-long journey through God's word.
Find the resources for any week in the Weekly Resources page.
The Reading Calendar for the whole year is available for your reference at any time.
An important introductory video about The 3x5 Club experience is offered below as you get started.
And a collection of links you may find helpful is also provided for your benefit
Explore and enjoy!
Find the resources for any week in the Weekly Resources page.
The Reading Calendar for the whole year is available for your reference at any time.
An important introductory video about The 3x5 Club experience is offered below as you get started.
And a collection of links you may find helpful is also provided for your benefit
Explore and enjoy!
INTRODUCTORY VIDEO: GETTING READY TO READ
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Your first order of business is to choose a Bible for yourself.
You may already have the perfect Bible on your shelf. Or you may want to go to your local Christian bookstore to buy a new one for yourself. There are a lot of choices out there, with many excellent features and resources. Devotional Bibles, study Bibles, audio Bibles, digital Bibles -- the possibilities are nearly endless. The key is to identify what is best for you and best-suited to your needs for the coming year. And one of the first things to consider is which translation will make the best read for your through-the-Bible journey. If you're going to buy a new Bible for yourself, you may want to check out this very helpful summary that explains the different kinds of translations that are available. Also, you'll find that Christianbook's web site provides an amazing selection of Bibles from which to choose. |
the latest resource
For generations, tests and quizzes have proven to be a fundamental and effective method to help students learn material, and this new resource is designed to help students learn the Bible!
The 3x5 Club Complete Book of Bible Quizzes offers a week-by-week opportunity to recap the chapters just read. In addition to the quizzes themselves, content-rich answer sheets are provided that make for a helpful and meaningful review. Meanwhile, the volume also includes a comprehensive, 100-point whole-Bible test. Individuals and small groups are encouraged to take the test at the beginning of the year, and then to take it again at the end, as a way of measuring personal progress and growth. |
3x5 Club Guarantees
1) You'll finish the Bible. If you read the assigned passages for each day, you'll finish the entire Bible during the calendar year.
2) It won't be that hard. If you keep up with your reading, you'll find the amount of time it takes each day is very manageable.
3) You'll know the Bible better. By taking advantage of this system and these resources, you'll come out of the year with a far better knowledge and understanding of the Bible than you had before.
4), Your knowledge will snowball. The more you learn about the Bible during this year, the more you'll find yourself picking up in future reading, studying, sermons, worship services, and such.
5) Singing will mean more. So many songs of faith are taken from Scripture. The better we know those Scriptures, therefore, the better we will understand what we're singing.
6) You will hear God more clearly. The Bible is His Word, and when we have it in our heads and in our hearts, we make it that much easier for Him to be able to speak to us in all of life.
2) It won't be that hard. If you keep up with your reading, you'll find the amount of time it takes each day is very manageable.
3) You'll know the Bible better. By taking advantage of this system and these resources, you'll come out of the year with a far better knowledge and understanding of the Bible than you had before.
4), Your knowledge will snowball. The more you learn about the Bible during this year, the more you'll find yourself picking up in future reading, studying, sermons, worship services, and such.
5) Singing will mean more. So many songs of faith are taken from Scripture. The better we know those Scriptures, therefore, the better we will understand what we're singing.
6) You will hear God more clearly. The Bible is His Word, and when we have it in our heads and in our hearts, we make it that much easier for Him to be able to speak to us in all of life.
tips and reminders
Read daily. You will find that daily reading assignments are not that long and not very difficult to complete. If you don't read every day, however, then you'll discover that the chapters pile up pretty quickly, and then it's easy to get discouraged and quit. So be sure to read every day!
Read daily. Wait, didn't we just say that? Yes, but there's more! If we want for God's Word to be part of our daily lives, then we ought to begin my making it part of our daily schedule. The habit we will develop during this year will continue to serve us well long after this year's goal is accomplished.
Be regular. If you attach your Bible reading time to something that you already do at the same time every day (e.g., waking up, brushing your teeth, eating breakfast, etc.), you'll find that it's easier for you to be regular about your reading.
The earlier the better. Whatever time of day you choose to read the Bible is good, but earlier might be better. First, there is the symbolism that comes with putting first things first. Second, there is the risk that the thing we put off until later becomes the thing that gets squeezed out by other stuff. And, third, there is the immeasurable benefit of starting your day with God's Word.
Don't get bogged down. This course is designed to take place more at a survey level than at an in-depth level. Consequently, you shouldn't let yourself feel a burden to understand or remember everything you read. That will slow you down too much. Instead, trust the Lord and trust the process. Complete this one-year survey of the whole Bible, and then you'll be in a much better position to read, study, and understand it in-depth going forward.
Jot down your thoughts. It's hard to focus on the second paragraph if your mind is still preoccupied with something from the first paragraph. And so you'll find it helpful to get those things out of your head and onto paper as you read. Keep a pen and paper handy in order to jot down your questions and thoughts as you read -- that will keep your mind freed up to keep reading.
Keep your eye on the prize. Some goals can be accomplished by a burst of enthusiasm. Others, however, require something more durable than enthusiasm; they require commitment. Reading through the Bible cannot be accomplished in a burst; it will require a day-in-and-day-out commitment on our part. What you're excited to do on January 1st may not be so exciting on February 10th, May 15th, or September 29th. But keep at it! Keep your eye on the long-term goal of really getting to know the whole Bible, cover-to-cover, and all that God can accomplish in your life as a result. If you stick with the daily discipline, you'll achieve that long-term prize.
Read daily. Wait, didn't we just say that? Yes, but there's more! If we want for God's Word to be part of our daily lives, then we ought to begin my making it part of our daily schedule. The habit we will develop during this year will continue to serve us well long after this year's goal is accomplished.
Be regular. If you attach your Bible reading time to something that you already do at the same time every day (e.g., waking up, brushing your teeth, eating breakfast, etc.), you'll find that it's easier for you to be regular about your reading.
The earlier the better. Whatever time of day you choose to read the Bible is good, but earlier might be better. First, there is the symbolism that comes with putting first things first. Second, there is the risk that the thing we put off until later becomes the thing that gets squeezed out by other stuff. And, third, there is the immeasurable benefit of starting your day with God's Word.
Don't get bogged down. This course is designed to take place more at a survey level than at an in-depth level. Consequently, you shouldn't let yourself feel a burden to understand or remember everything you read. That will slow you down too much. Instead, trust the Lord and trust the process. Complete this one-year survey of the whole Bible, and then you'll be in a much better position to read, study, and understand it in-depth going forward.
Jot down your thoughts. It's hard to focus on the second paragraph if your mind is still preoccupied with something from the first paragraph. And so you'll find it helpful to get those things out of your head and onto paper as you read. Keep a pen and paper handy in order to jot down your questions and thoughts as you read -- that will keep your mind freed up to keep reading.
Keep your eye on the prize. Some goals can be accomplished by a burst of enthusiasm. Others, however, require something more durable than enthusiasm; they require commitment. Reading through the Bible cannot be accomplished in a burst; it will require a day-in-and-day-out commitment on our part. What you're excited to do on January 1st may not be so exciting on February 10th, May 15th, or September 29th. But keep at it! Keep your eye on the long-term goal of really getting to know the whole Bible, cover-to-cover, and all that God can accomplish in your life as a result. If you stick with the daily discipline, you'll achieve that long-term prize.
Acknowledgements
We're grateful to BibleWorks for use of their excellent maps at different places in this web site.
BibleWorks™ Copyright © 1992-2011 BibleWorks, LLC. All rights reserved. BibleWorks was programmed by Michael S. Bushell, Michael D. Tan, and Glenn L. Weaver. All rights reserved. Bible timelines Copyright © 1996-1999 BibleWorks, LLC. All rights reserved. Map datasets Copyright © 2005 BibleWorks, LLC: source of underlying data for some of the images was the Global Land Cover Facility, http://www.landcover.org. Detailed Jerusalem image Copyright © 2005 TerraServer.com. All rights reserved.
BibleWorks™ Copyright © 1992-2011 BibleWorks, LLC. All rights reserved. BibleWorks was programmed by Michael S. Bushell, Michael D. Tan, and Glenn L. Weaver. All rights reserved. Bible timelines Copyright © 1996-1999 BibleWorks, LLC. All rights reserved. Map datasets Copyright © 2005 BibleWorks, LLC: source of underlying data for some of the images was the Global Land Cover Facility, http://www.landcover.org. Detailed Jerusalem image Copyright © 2005 TerraServer.com. All rights reserved.
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