Can children still do memory work?

Should we have our children memorize important portions of the Bible? The answer seems to be an easy one: yes! But Christian congregations often struggle to get children to memorize key Bible passages or parts of the catechism. The modern educational system does not emphasize it. Should we begin to phase it out? Should we throw in the towel?

Absolutely not. Here is little Malachi Scharf, son of Jon and Janette Scharf. He wanted to show me that he knew all the books of the Bible. He's four.

Did I mention he's four? I asked his parents how he learned them, and they said that it's been about two weeks of saying them on the way to preschool in the morning. So, that's like five minutes a day for 8-10 days...and I love it when he says, "Ecclesiastes."

Pastor Schroeder