It’s one of my pet peeves, and someone said it again. “You shouldn’t memorize for head knowledge but for heart knowledge.” Where are people coming up with this stuff? That’s totally unbiblical. Are we just supposed to FEEL our way through the Christian life? Of course we memorize for head knowledge. How else are we going to think biblically if there’s no knowledge in our head? Does God only want us to feel his … 
Last week I got an email from someone in our online community. Her question is one I’ve received many times so I thought it might be helpful to address it today. When memorizing, is it required to have every word perfect? Or is close good enough? It’s actually a two-part question. One reason why it is tricky to get it 100% accurate is because every time we say it incorrectly, the … 
During twentieth century America, our perception of Christian persecution limited the scope to foreign missionaries serving in communist countries. We read stories from Voice of the Martyrs that shivered our spines and made us thankful for our protective homeland. Paul’s admonition to Timothy “all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” seemed awkwardly out-of-place in our respectfully tolerant society with freedom of religion guaranteed. Some warned that persecution loomed on … 
“How in the world do you remember all that Scripture?” A common question with a simple answer. I review! The human brain doesn’t store everything it comes across. When information is important and you want to remember it, you tell your brain to store it by reviewing the information over and over. Things as simple as learning the days of the week, to more complicated concepts like chemistry symbols, all require memorizing and … 
Many people start the year deciding to get serious about memorizing Scripture. Here it is February already and inertia keeps some of us stuck in our familiar routine instead of venturing out. I, for one, haven’t decided yet what to memorize this year. I’ll let you know when I decide, and I will invite you to join me. Meanwhile I want to offer some tips for newcomers and reminders for veteran memorizers. • … |