James Philip Daily Readings

Daily Readings from James Philip. Lasting comment on the whole Bible in bite-size chunks.

Our own minister’s father, James Philip, produced Bible reading notes covering the whole bible during his 40 years of ministry in Holyrood Abbey Church, Edinburgh. For many years they were sent monthly all over the world, and are still cherished and used by many – especially ministers – who find in them the distilled essence of an extraordinary expository ministry. Of far more value than the vast majority of commentaries to any Bible student, they get to the heart of the text’s meaning with an economy of language and quality of insight that is unsurpassed.

There are two ways of viewing the readings:

• reading of the day: designed for viewing on computer
  • view all the readings in sequence by date
  • view book by book (click below)
• PDF files: for print.

Each book of the Bible has an introduction, then chunks of comment and application on passages through the book. Depending on the content, the passages commented on vary in length. On the reading of the day, the passage is shown alongside the comment, and the book's introduction is shown on the right side panel.

Completed books:

More coming soon...