This passage possibly contains the key verses in this letter, emphasising how Jesus – ‘the grace of God has appeared’ and trains us how to both, keep clear of overwhelming desires that can become addictions and to live upright, self controlled godly lives. Perhaps learn it in two stages up to the word ‘waiting’ first. […]
To help fix this passage I have chosen Shackleton’s epic Endurance expedition as a story line. You can alter it to fit any translation you prefer. This is an example of how to use strong story lines to help memorise scripture. Once you get the idea you might find choosing and developing your own memory […]
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to […]
I will be putting up a lot more up on this subject but here is one idea; it is useful to hang a chapter on a simple story line sentence or on a mnemonic. This acts as the scaffolding on which you then hang the paragraphs. An example from the sermon on the Mount Matthew […]
‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. NRSV This is the seventh and final ‘I am’ saying so hang it on Sunday in your seven day week. Monday- I […]
‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.’ NRSV This is the sixth ‘I am’ saying so hang it on Saturday in your seven […]
I am the resurrection and the life – John 11:25 25 I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. This is the fifth ‘I am’ saying so hang it on Friday in your seven day week. […]
John 10:7 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep………..14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
(Hanging the BEATITUDES on Central London landmarks) Think of the vast knowledge bank you already have that is often organised in sequences. For example you might know all the tracks on the Abbey Road album and know them in an A side and B side sequence. Here it is just for fun. This is an […]
NRSV God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses […]