There is a progression in the availability of Bible study resources – first the printing press made books more available, and now computers make even more available and also make it easier and faster.

The catch is that both print and digital are tools used by individuals, so we still need to be spending time in community study. Also, when things get easier, sometimes we become weaker, so we still need to practice the disciplines of memorization and meditation.

As I read my digital bible, I can glance at several other versions scrolling at the same time. I can click on any word at discover its deeper meaning, even in greek, even in a translator’s dictionary. I can instantly see there are 19 words for “crying” and which was used in “Jesus wept”, or be amazed that there’s no Greek word for “husband” or “wife.”

The word has come to life in these days like never before.

We do need more public and audible reading of scripture! I remember growing up in Kingston, Jamaica: by age 6 most of us (regardless of religion) would be reciting at least 5-10 scriptures as a part of language-arts studies/literature.

[b]The Holy Bible has shaped so much of Western Culture that we dare not exclude leave it[/b]. The effects of barring it from our schools are blatantly and readily observable. [b]That invasive and diabolic act was meant as a direct death-blow to God’s influence on the culture and minds of the nations.[/b] As individuals and families we do have a recourse!

As parents in the USA (I’m Canadian now) you can [b]keep choosing your 1st amendment right to freely exercise your convistion of faith (not preference, I said[i] CONVICTION![/i])
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My proposition to parents and teachers (especially of literature, history, anthropology and sociology) is to [b]make it required reading in large chunks![/b] And to reward memorization as much as possible for our children. We started when our eldes could speak by hiding bits of Psalm into her little heart. [i](tip: start with Proverbs)[/i]

Marc