Now I’ve reached the middle section. I learned John 3:13-21 several years ago, and they’re all at 100%. So I wonder if I can keep them all ‘fully learned’ when I do ‘test instead of read’ tomorrow? Let’s see…
Thanks for the update, Joosep. I’m glad it’s still going well. I’m interested in your ‘three young passages’ rule. How long are the passages you’re working with? Do you mean whole chapters? Or are you breaking up chapters into smaller passages for this?
Nice to see :) I really love the Gospel of John. But then again, I also like Luke very very much, and also ... well, it's hard to choose! The Word of God is so precious.
Now I’ve reached the middle section. I learned John 3:13-21 several years ago, and they’re all at 100%. So I wonder if I can keep them all ‘fully learned’ when I do ‘test instead of read’ tomorrow? Let’s see…
Thanks for sharing that, Iyelljoshua19. It’s very encouraging. I’ve learnt Hebrews 9 and 10 and it’s been great to help me “draw near to God in full assurance of faith.” (And I hope you don’t mind me asking, but is your user name a reference to Joshua chapter 19? I’ve just read through Joshua, and chapter 19 seems an unlikely source of inspiration, so I was intrigued. Apologies if it seems an impertinent question.)
Thanks for the link to the Corinthians recitation. He does it very well, reinforcing the text with changes in pace, tone, emphasis, and hand gestures. I haven’t watched it all yet, but I’ll come back to enjoy the rest.
Congratulations Moviegoer! That’s an awesome achievement, and reflects your commitment to the project. Who won the prediction contest? I’m pretty sure someone guessed 100 million, didn’t they? But most of all I appreciate your comment above about knowing God more and more. Basically that’s what we’re all here for, isn’t it? I pray that each of us, as we learn Scripture a little or a lot, will come to know God more and more each day.
Thanks for the update Joosep. I admire your commitment to a project that will last into 2026 and beyond, and I pray that God will bless you richly as you go.
Janet, yes! God gives the best wine, and in such abundance! Six jars of ‘20 to 30 gallons’ equates to 600-900 regular bottles by my reckoning. I’m sure that was way more than they needed! But God always wants to bless us in abundance.
No, I’m still working on it. It’s a very long-term project! And my approach has been fairly haphazard! I actually leant John 15 first, several years ago, then expanded it to chapters 14-17. Then I did 10-13 and 18-21. So now I have a more definite aim to work through chapters 1-9 in order to complete the whole gospel. Most of it is quite familiar to me on the surface, but the LearnScripture process is really helpful (especially in the teaching sections) in making me slow down and consider what Jesus actually said.
No, I’m still working on it. It’s a very long-term project! And my approach has been fairly haphazard! I actually leant John 15 first, several years ago, then expanded it to chapters 14-17. Then I did 10-13 and 18-21. So now I have a more definite aim to work through chapters 1-9 in order to complete the whole gospel. Most of it is quite familiar to me on the surface, but the LearnScripture process is really helpful (especially in the teaching sections) in making me slow down and consider what Jesus actually said.
Janet, yes! God gives the best wine, and in such abundance! Six jars of ‘20 to 30 gallons’ equates to 600-900 regular bottles by my reckoning. I’m sure that was way more than they needed! But God always wants to bless us in abundance.
That’s a great blog post, and it’s good to read about your progress so far. I look forward to hearing more as you go. It’s a very worthy project, and also very daunting! I’d be interested to know how much time per day you think you’ll need to spend on this?
Another possible way of managing the review queue… when I was in the same position, I realised I had to ‘let go’ the one-new-verse-every-day habit. I was motivated towards the consistent learner badges, and it was a great rhythm, to add one new verse each day. But the review queue was growing ever longer, because I was completing verses at a lot less than 7 per week. (I’m sure I have some verses that have been in the review queue for literally years, because I stumble over them again and again!) So I told myself I didn’t need to add a new verse each day - the daily habit of Bible memory work is what’s important for me. And now I allow myself pauses between adding new chapters, which gives me time to keep up with the review queue. I’ve found for myself, that having 600-700 verses uncompleted is manageable. But it will depend on how much time you want to spend each day, and how good your long-term memory is.
Yes, it is a useful option for passages where many verses are at 70-80-90%, because it keeps those verses ‘alive’ with shorter intervals between testing. But it won’t get you to 100% any faster, even if you get them perfect. And if you have a passage with some verses that are fully learned, ‘test instead of read’ is a high-risk strategy, because just one or two errors in a short verse can take it down from 100% to 80% or even worse, and it will take many months of reviewing to recover that!
Thanks Joosep. God is speaking to me about this at the moment - how waiting on the Lord can sometimes mean to rest, be still, and allow him to act in his own time, and sometimes it means to go, to follow his lead, to act in faith. And in both cases, we need to be praying without ceasing, listening to him, expectant that he will guide us when to be still and when to go.
Thanks Joosep. God is speaking to me about this at the moment - how waiting on the Lord can sometimes mean to rest, be still, and allow him to act in his own time, and sometimes it means to go, to follow his lead, to act in faith. And in both cases, we need to be praying without ceasing, listening to him, expectant that he will guide us when to be still and when to go.
Regarding the rounding, I’m pretty sure that the %age score is rounded down, not up - especially at 99%. I remember many years ago, it was possible for the verse score to reach 100%, even though the verse was not actually ‘complete’ - because the true score was 99.5% or more. Then Luke made a change to prevent this happening. So now, only a fully completed verse displays 100%. But I don’t know whether the displayed score is always rounded down, or whether it was a specific fix for the 99-100% situation.