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Professor Horner

Ten chapters per day from ten lists

📅 364 days
📖 10 chapters/day
👥 293 readers
🕐 ~15 min/day

Ten chapters per day from ten different lists — Gospels, Pentateuch, Paul’s major and minor letters, Wisdom literature, Psalms, Proverbs, Old Testament History, Prophets, and Acts. Because each list has a different length, the combinations shift every day: you’ll never read the same set of ten chapters together again.

In one year you’ll read the Gospels four times, Paul’s letters four to five times, Proverbs and Acts about twelve times each, and the entire Old Testament history and prophets at least once. About 45–60 minutes of reading per day.

Portrait of Professor Grant Horner

Professor Grant Horner

Grant Horner is a professor of Renaissance Literature and Shakespeare at The Master’s University in Santa Clarita, California, mentored by the literary theorist Stanley Fish. He created this system in 1983 as a new Christian who found the Bible intimidating. His key insight: sheer volume and repetition—not slow study—produces deep familiarity. He calls the method “imprinting” and has used it for over 24 years. A short PDF describing the system went viral online, and he still receives messages about it daily. He is also an avid rock climber who has completed speed ascents of El Capitan in Yosemite.

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“It provides constant variety (which humans love) as well as consistent conviction (which humans hate).” — Professor Grant Horner

Tips for Staying Consistent

  • Same time each day — pair your reading with morning coffee or an evening wind-down.
  • Don't worry about falling behind — skip ahead to today's reading if you miss a day. Grace, not guilt.
  • Keep a journal — jot a one-sentence takeaway; it deepens retention more than you'd expect.
  • Tell someone — an accountability partner doubles your odds of finishing.

Recommended Resources

Meaning at the Movies — Horner’s book on theology and film — a Christian lens on cinema from the creator of this Bible system

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