Why Read the New Testament This Way?

Most people read the New Testament in the order it appears in their Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

But that's not the order these books were written.

James wrote his letter around 48 AD—before any Gospel was penned. Paul's letters came before Luke interviewed eyewitnesses. John wrote last—just before Jerusalem fell in 70 AD.

When you read the New Testament in the order it was written, something shifts.

You stop forcing Scripture into your life and start experiencing it in their world.

You understand:
  •  WHO wrote each book
  •  WHO they wrote it to
  •  WHAT was happening when they wrote it​
  •  WHY it mattered then—and why it matters now You watch theology develop. You feel tension build. You experience the fulfillment of Jesus's prophecy in real time.
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You're not just reading 27 disconnected books. You're experiencing how one generation received them—one letter at a time, over 20 years.​

That's when Scripture doesn't just apply—it explodes.
Theology in Real Time
Watch how Paul's thinking develops. See why themes emerge when they do. Experience Scripture as a living story.
Context Unlocks Meaning
Understand who wrote each book, who received it, and what crisis they were facing. Context changes everything.
 Immersion Transforms
Ask "What did this mean for them?" before "What does this mean for me?" That's when the text explodes with power.

​Twenty-seven books. Twenty years. One life-changing experience.

Follow along book by book-or listen to the companion episodes as you read.
This plan takes you through all 27 books of the New Testament in the order they were written. Each episode walks through one book with historical context and immersive storytelling.
What to expect:
  • 📖 10-15 minutes of reading per day
  • 📅 90 days to complete (go at your own pace)
  • 🎧 27 companion episodes with context and storytelling
  • 🔥 A transformation in how you read Scripture

The Books in Order

Introduction
  • Introduction: The Kingdom Arrives -🎧 Episode 1 [Listen Now]
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Section 1: The First Letters (48-52 AD)
  • 📖 James (48 AD) - 🎧 Episode 2 [Listen Now]
  • 📖 Mark (48 AD) - 🎧 Episode 3 [Listen Now]
  • 📖 Matthew (48 AD) - 🎧 Episode 4 [Listen Now]
  • 📖 Galatians (49 AD) - 🎧 Episode 5 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 1 Thessalonians (51 AD) - 🎧 Episode 6 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 2 Thessalonians (51 AD) - 🎧 Episode 7 [Coming Soon]

Section 2: Paul's Major Letters (55-57 AD)
  • 📖 1 Corinthians (55 AD) - 🎧 Episode 8 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 2 Corinthians (56 AD) - 🎧 Episode 9 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Romans (57 AD) - 🎧 Episode10 [Coming Soon]

Section 3: Prison Letters & Luke's Writings (60-62 AD)
  • 📖 Ephesians (60 AD) - 🎧 Episode 11 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Colossians (60 AD) - 🎧 Episode 12 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Philemon (60 AD) - 🎧 Episode 13 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Philippians (61 AD) - 🎧 Episode 14 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Luke (61 AD) - 🎧 Episode 15 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Acts (62 AD) - 🎧 Episode 16 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Hebrews (63 AD) - 🎧 Episode 17 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 1 Peter (63 AD) - 🎧 Episode 18 [Coming Soon]

Section 4: Final Letters & Rising Persecution (64-67 AD)
  • 📖 Jude (64 AD) - 🎧 Episode 19 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 1 Timothy (64 AD) - 🎧 Episode 20 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 2 Peter (64 AD) - 🎧 Episode 21 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 Titus (65 AD) - 🎧 Episode 22 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 John (65 AD) - 🎧 Episode 23 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 1 John (66 AD) - 🎧 Episode 24 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 2 John (66 AD) - 🎧 Episode 25 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 3 John (66 AD) - 🎧 Episode 26 [Coming Soon]
  • 📖 2 Timothy (67 AD) - 🎧 Episode 27 [Coming Soon]

Section 5: The End of the Age (68 AD)
  • 📖 Revelation (68 AD) - 🎧 Episode 28 [Coming Soon]

Closing
  • 🎧 End of the Age - 🎧 Episode 29 [Coming Soon]

​Twenty-seven books. Twenty years. One life-changing experience.
Listen on your favorite platform:

​This isn't a classroom where I lecture and you take notes. It's a journey we're taking together.

If you have questions, want to share what you're discovering, or just want to follow along with the conversation:
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Join the discussion:​
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Where I post updates, reflections, and engage with questions
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​Polls, quick updates, and conversation
​I read the comments. I respond when I can. And I learn from your questions as much as you might learn from the content.
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See you there.

This 90-day plan is just the beginning.
The This Generation Project is a multi-year effort to help modern readers experience the New Testament the way the first generation did—immersed in the world of the first century.
Coming soon:
  • 27 podcast episodes (one for each NT book)
  • Historical fiction set in the first century
  • Immersive devotionals and study guides


​The reading order in this plan follows the traditional dating of the New Testament-the view the church held for roughly 1,800 years before it was displaced in the 1800s. Scholars like John A.T. Robinson (Redating the New Testament, 1976) and Jonathan Bernier (Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament, 2022) have recovered this view, placing all 27 books between AD 48 and 68-within one generation before Jerusalem's fall.

Want to see the evidence behind each book's dating? We've documented the internal evidence, historical sources, and scholarly reasoning for every book in the plan.
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