Haha, Symota. I don't remember how the algorithm works, but based on my progress from 0% -99% and the progress from 99%-100%, there is clearly a built in time element.
I hope so. That percentage needle moves so slowly as you approach 100%. I do love the way the site works, though. I think I would have considered my knowledge 100% a lot sooner and perhaps regressed as a result.
Haha, I wondered if it would ever happen. Some verses have been hovering at 99% for oh so long. But, I am glad to see it happen. Thanks PeterP and Joosep!
Haha, I wondered if it would ever happen. Some verses have been hovering at 99% for oh so long. But, I am glad to see it happen. Thanks PeterP and Joosep!
I hope so. That percentage needle moves so slowly as you approach 100%. I do love the way the site works, though. I think I would have considered my knowledge 100% a lot sooner and perhaps regressed as a result.
Haha, Symota. I don't remember how the algorithm works, but based on my progress from 0% -99% and the progress from 99%-100%, there is clearly a built in time element.
OK... so i did an experiment last year. On Jan 1st 2021, I started two verses. One verse i always choose the default timing, the other verse I always choose "See Sooner" I used verses that i already knew so errors would not be a variable. I know some of you are modern spreadsheet folk, but i am old and love rulers and graph paper. I kept track of the date - %increase- testing interval- running tally. The verse using the default timing tested 20 times and ended on Jan 4 2022. The verse that i always selected see sooner, I tested 30 times and finished on Jan 22, 2022. cool experiment. My hypothesis was that seeing sooner meant ending sooner.... NOPE! I now have a chart that i can reference to give me a hint on where i am in the process.
Great to get there. Well done. And I love the info from your test. Good to know. I always thought it would add a lot more time on to the process. Encouraging to know it was only 18 days. I think that may be better for me. But I’m snowed under with verses just now anyway so maybe later when I don’t have such a queue. 😂
Thanks, everyone! JDJDJD, I am being blessed, and what I most enjoy about this effort and process is that it leads to so much, study, thought, and reflection... which nurtures my relationship with Jesus. There are so many things you miss when you breeze through scripture or simply relay on what you remember from church and Sunday School. For example, in the famous, "which is the most important commandment" discussion, I totally could have told you that the answer is to love God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself (paraphrase). But both Jesus and the scribe who summarizes his answer both emphasize God's uniqueness and singular authority. Jesus says, "The most important is, 'Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." And the scribe summarizes, "You are right, teacher. You have truly said that he is one and that there is no other besides him." I don't remember this from any other study, and yet it is clear in the passage. I don't know the scope of what this means, but I enjoy learning about it and meditating on it.
this represents endurance and commitment to learning the Word of God. May the Lord's Blessing flow out from you and produce a harvest beyond your dreams!!!
Thanks, everyone! JDJDJD, I am being blessed, and what I most enjoy about this effort and process is that it leads to so much, study, thought, and reflection... which nurtures my relationship with Jesus. There are so many things you miss when you breeze through scripture or simply relay on what you remember from church and Sunday School. For example, in the famous, "which is the most important commandment" discussion, I totally could have told you that the answer is to love God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself (paraphrase). But both Jesus and the scribe who summarizes his answer both emphasize God's uniqueness and singular authority. Jesus says, "The most important is, 'Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." And the scribe summarizes, "You are right, teacher. You have truly said that he is one and that there is no other besides him." I don't remember this from any other study, and yet it is clear in the passage. I don't know the scope of what this means, but I enjoy learning about it and meditating on it.
Amen! I couldn’t have said that better 👍 I love the thought and reflection and meditation on things I would otherwise have missed, and how it all that nurtures my relationship with The Lord Jesus.
Thanks again, everyone! It is a great blessing to spend a little more time with us before returning to Japan. It is beautiful to see God's tender mercies in our lives. Praise the Lord for his goodness and faithfulness to us even when we are so easily overwhelmed and lack faith. And thanks for this body here. People from all over, united in Christ through a shared love of the scripture. You are such an encouragement to me and to each other.
Thanks! It is a good reminder to pray for all those who are suffering (some a lot more than others) with this crazy virus. So thankful that they both love and trust the Lord.
Thanks, onfire247! My daughter arrived from Japan on December 23rd and was married on the 30th. So, I have been a little distracted. ; )
Please pray for them. They both have tested positive for COVID, so they can't return to Japan until they are better and test negative. Fortunately, they have only had basic cold symptoms. Still, I know they are excited to get back to Japan and enjoy their new life together. Cool side note: her husband is a new believer... baptized almost a year ago. Both love the Lord, and we're excited for them both.
Thanks, onfire247! My daughter arrived from Japan on December 23rd and was married on the 30th. So, I have been a little distracted. ; )
Please pray for them. They both have tested positive for COVID, so they can't return to Japan until they are better and test negative. Fortunately, they have only had basic cold symptoms. Still, I know they are excited to get back to Japan and enjoy their new life together. Cool side note: her husband is a new believer... baptized almost a year ago. Both love the Lord, and we're excited for them both.
Thanks! It is a good reminder to pray for all those who are suffering (some a lot more than others) with this crazy virus. So thankful that they both love and trust the Lord.
Great to hear the good news re the wedding and salvation/baptism but sorry to hear about COVID. Praying they will be on their way soon. So much disruption but we know the one who is in control. God is good and God is sovereign 😊🎉
Thanks again, everyone! It is a great blessing to spend a little more time with us before returning to Japan. It is beautiful to see God's tender mercies in our lives. Praise the Lord for his goodness and faithfulness to us even when we are so easily overwhelmed and lack faith. And thanks for this body here. People from all over, united in Christ through a shared love of the scripture. You are such an encouragement to me and to each other.
Amen, Joosep! I think that is exactly right. Despite all our various differences in understanding, practice, and experience, this is what the church is and does. We don’t really even know each other, and yet our unity and Christ brings us together in this unique way and good things happen.
Thanks guys. When I started, I thought I’d be done easily in a year. At this point, not likely. However, I am really amazed at how far I have come along. Additionally, though, I don’t think I would have stuck with it, if not for this site and all of the encouragement people freely give. It really is a blessing.
Thanks guys. When I started, I thought I’d be done easily in a year. At this point, not likely. However, I am really amazed at how far I have come along. Additionally, though, I don’t think I would have stuck with it, if not for this site and all of the encouragement people freely give. It really is a blessing.
Does Hebrews 12:1 apply here? I think, that's what we are, a "cloud of witnesses" cheering one another on, at least in some small way, and hopefully in a big way :)
Amen, Joosep! I think that is exactly right. Despite all our various differences in understanding, practice, and experience, this is what the church is and does. We don’t really even know each other, and yet our unity and Christ brings us together in this unique way and good things happen.
Thanks, Saintman! Likewise, I think passage memorization is incredibly helpful in so many ways. Also, I think memorizing entire books rarely works out practically. In other words, I don’t think that I will likely go around reciting the entire gospel as much as I would quote passages. Still, reflectively, I like the idea of solidly knowing the entire work as I continue to study and meditate on it.
PeterP, I am often tripped up by the simple and impossible to figure logic of name(s) and pronoun(s). And he vs and Jesus has no governing rule or guideline. You just have to know it.
With very heartfelt respect to the discussion, I must also say that while I may find it tedious to work on seemingly insignificant parts of the narrative between more significant ones, I always come back to the fact that God didn’t provide a list of great passages. In his wisdom, He gave us narratives with seemingly odd and random details (… and they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him.), and He did it intentionally. This doesn’t mean we’re required to focus on memorizing them, but to me, it helps me get through those seemingly difficult passages.
Onfire247, I feel your pain. Mark has "some" similar passages, but this one seems particularly tricky. One thing I have started doing that has helped me (especially in the case of trying to recite a particular chapter that jumps around) has been reading a commentary on the passages as I memorize or refresh a chapter. For example, Chapter 7 of Mark has three narrative events that are building a theme. I didn't recognize much of the nuance of the overall thrust of the section or some of the nuances, however, now that helps me place some disjointed narratives.
Keep up the work Onfire247, I honestly don't think either of us realizes how helpful this will be when we have completed each gospel and then revisit it in years to come through memory.
I love it. I think John is a great book to memorize. I think I started with John, but then I began a study of Mark, and then I went that way. We probably we will finish close to the same time.
Thanks, onfire247! You know it means a lot coming from you. I never knew it would take so much to learn a whole book. Worth it… even if I don’t make it!
So, I have been getting up early in the morning and going over my latest chapter, then a previous chapter, and then shorter sections of either a trouble spot or new material. I average a little over 100k points each session, and I can’t figure out how I got to a million.