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very well done! now 600 out of 674.

IKR, slowly but surely!

611 now! It's fun to watch as you get closer and closer to the goal.

Joosep, Thanks! Slowly but surely... and I am beginning to seriously consider what book is next.

John is one of my favourites. But its bigger than Mark.

MarkAnthony! I actually started with John on this site... John 1:1 with the intent to memorize John. But I had just finished teaching Mark and kept revisiting it, so I switched. I hope to one day get back to John, however, I want to do an epistle next... I & 2 Peter, Hebrews, or Romans are in the running. BTW, anyone have a favorite commentary recommendation to share for any of those? My favorite Mark commentary is by William Lane.

Mark is the shortest of them all, but also maybe is the most vigorous? I like how John emphasizes Christ's Divinity.

I haven't committed to a book as yet, but I have started the first 14 verses of John in the New Testament, and Genesis 1 in the Old.

Don't think you will be disappointed with any of the epistles you've mentioned. There are some strong lessons in the first chapters of both Hebrews and Romans.

Thanks, MarkAnthony!

I agree. I still don't know if tackling an entire book is the way to go, but I am committed at this point. I will have to see how this next one goes to decide. Keep up the good work in John and Genesis!

So supposedly someone I met who travels the world speaking was approached by a woman (I think Australia?) who told him that she has memorized the entire Bible. Prior to all of this I would not have thought that it was humanly possible. But now I have a little glimmer of hope.

But the guy I'm speaking of, we've wondered if he had the Bible memorized himself because he'll use a bunch of scripture passages, no PowerPoint, and never seems to have to open the Bible. I've seen him in person as well as YouTube.

For example, he'll bring out a point and say something like, "Let's turn our Bibles to Hebrews Chapter 1, and start from verse 1." So we're all flipping the pages of our Bibles, except him. Then he'll say, "Let's read." Then we'll all be reading, meanwhile every word is coming out of his head. Then after reading 5 verses or so, he may say, "Good, now let's got to verse 8 and continue to 14", and then he'll complete his thought. This is all sermon long. Meanwhlle, he keeps the message thought provoking.

I never did ask him how much of the Bible he has memorized.

That's a good testimony!

As I shared back on 5 May, I've been working on the Gospel of Luke. I'm going to share my progress once a month in a blog post, so the first "report" will be on 5 June. I'll post a link. The purpose of that is mainly accountability. I've been on this site since May 2015, and I've gone in many different directions with my scripture learning. So the purpose of sharing my progress will be to keep myself focused by means of accountability.

I realize, of course, that Luke is the longest gospel; I'm well aware of the downsides. The upside is, I'm going into it accepting the fact that it will take years and years to complete, and I don't let that fact bother me; rather, I do my best to allow the journey to bless me :) For the sake of variety, I'm working on other areas of scripture as well, but my main focus is Luke. Thank you in advance to those who listen and comment and help me to stay focused :)

Looking forward to the progress reports!

MarkAnthony,

I was on a missions trip in July of 2017 in Nicaragua where I met a pastor of a small village church who was physically blind. He had a braille Bible but claimed that he had memorized the entire thing. I was completely skeptical upon hearing it, but listening to him preach and spending a couple of days with him, my skepticism was short lived. I certainly believe that it is possible, but like any and all of this, I also believe this is a function of the Spirit, calling, vocation, etc. I don't think that at my age, stage of life, vocation, calling, etc., that memorizing the whole Bible is something I would even consider undertaking. However, I will say that what joosep, you, online247, and many others are doing on this site is edifying and helpful in unimaginable ways. To me, it is about knowing our God and savior Jesus Christ more fully.

Joosep,

Can't wait to read the blog!

That's a fascinating story. It reminds me of the Book of Eli movie with Denzel Washington.
He plays a blind man who has memorized the KJV Bible in braille.
Unfortunately the movie is ruined by violence and I can't recommend it for that reason, but the storyline is remarkable, and makes me wonder how they came up with that idea for a script.

I've known this story for about 3 months now. Then when I met you all, and what you're doing with your memorization, especially whole books, etc, that gave me the glimmer of hope I needed. So I want to thank you all.

Yes it is much better than learning single verses.