N.T. Wright on Reading Scripture
From Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship (Eerdmans 1995):
“People do not always, perhaps, realize how natural and easy reading whole books of the Bible can be. You can read through Colossians quite slowly in about twelve minutes; you can get through Hebrews in under an hour. John may take longer, but time will quickly become a secondary consideration. I am convinced that using a lectionary – reading the Bible in little snippets – is a second-order activity; the primary activity ought to be reading the Bible in large chunks, to get its full flavor and thrust” (x-xi).