I love talking to older saints who have grown up with good Christian teaching. There are many reasons why I love that but one of the main reasons is that they really know God’s word. When I say ‘know’ I don’t mean they just know the ideas, the really ‘know’ the Scriptures so that they can bring God’s word to bear on any topic or conversation. In past generations Christians worked hard at memorising Scripture, but this habit has been lost for many of the generations that followed.
We teach our children memory verses, but do we learn them ourselves?
In fact, I wonder if for many they ever actually applied themselves to memorising verses at all. Instead, I wonder if that is just a wonderful side effect of regular quiet times – spending time in the Scriptures each day. Perhaps the reason people of my generation don’t seem to be able to quote the Scriptures is that we have got out of the good Christian habit of daily Bible reading? Continue reading
