#735. Expecting your kids to memorize more Bible than you.

“Hey L.E. you ready for Awanas? Oh, that’s right, there’s no ‘s’ on the end of that word. There really should be. People get so upset when you add one, but unless there is only one Awana sitting in a room by themselves, much like my first meet and greet, that should really be pluralized.

What does it stand for again? ‘Approved Workers Always Nice Always.’ Something like that, anyway, how are your verses coming? You got that Bible memorized yet? I bet you do. Let’s hear your verses.

Because memorizing the Bible is critical. Seriously, it’s a very important element of faith. I can’t stress that enough. When I was a little boy I used to memorize tons of verses as part of a program called the RAs. Hear that s? Fantastic.

And remember, I taught you that trick about learning the order of the first books of the New Testament, “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold the horse while Acts gets on.” We don’t use the table of contents in our family. That’s a little trick you can use. Bet your Awana teachers didn’t teach you that. Oh, they taught you the whole New Testament? That’s good. You need that.

What are my verses? What scripture am I memorizing right now? John Piper just quoted the entire book of Philippians in a sermon? How do you know about John Piper? You’re six, are you a Calvinist? You can tell daddy anything. Are you secretly listening to Mark Driscoll and John Piper when I think you’re playing on the My Little Pony website?

Don’t worry about my verses, you shouldn’t really ask adults questions like that. Memorizing verses is great for little kids, but daddy doesn’t need to do that. See, I have something called an iPhone and Google. It’s kind of like having the entire Bible memorized. I know, I know, impressive right?

Come on, let’s go to Awana. See that sounds horrible, stupid s!”