Pondering PROCLAIM 5

I believe what we did immediately afterwards was capture the flag. As in, the game ‘Capture the flag’, which was led by Tim Nash. I didn’t play at that point, but I think there were two rounds. Eventually Micah captured the flag (blue T-shirt on a stick). The story I heard was that, right at the end, 6 people advanced towards the flag area where one person (Marji; or one could say “two persons” [including Karsten]) was guarding and desperately calling out for help [from Peter]. That was the demise of that “team”. I noticed quite a few POWs, some injuries (not too bad, thank God), including Mr. Daniel Bigelow’s sprained ankle.

Anyway, it was all just warming up for lunch – which we had together. Then I think Tim and Cynthia had to leave. And the rest of us were working on memory verses. MEMORY VERSES??? Do you remember those? (all puns intended).

Oh ladies and gentlemen, this is the test. See how many of the memory verses we learned you can list in the comments section. Actually, I’ll make it easier (or harder; however you look at it); I’ll list the verse references in this post and you see how many you can recite/type (we could call that “recype”) in the comments section. Now, there are rules to this, so keep reading [after the listing].

Memory verses
Romans 1:16
Romans 3:23
Romans 6:23
II Corinthians 5:21
Romans 10:13
Romans 10:9

OK, so we’ll make it easier. Remember how Ben taught us to memorize verses? I believe it was “phrase by phrase” (cut it up into manageable sizes and understand what those parts mean as you put them back together) and “try to use several senses in the endeavor” (i.e. you can write and read the verse(s), speak them and listen to them, etc). Well, I’ll give one example:

Example of Scripture memorization using II Corinthians 5:21 (a phrase at a time)
He made Him (God the Father made God the Son, Jesus Christ)
Who knew no sin (Jesus Christ did not sin at all and thus did not “know” sin)
To be sin on our behalf (On the cross, Christ Jesus bore the sins of those who would believe, not because He had committed them, but as if he had committed them)
So that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (God has clothed us with His own righteousness – that of Christ Jesus)

The rest of the rules now are:
1. There are no points for 2 Corinthians 5:21

2. You obtain a point for every word that you get right

3. The authorized version for this exercise is the New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4. The first person to announce exactly why rule #3 is funny/a pun (i.e. “punny”) gets 5 points automatically

5. We will allow you to study (so you can quickly look these up), BUT…when you are recyping a verse, you should not have the verse in your eyes’ field of vision or within earshot. You can use brail if you want, but frankly, that will take longer to learn than these verses combined. ALSO, you should have been exposed to the verse (that doesn’t include you reciting it in your head) at least 5 minutes prior to attempting to recype it. I look forward to your truthfulness.

6. Your parents/family/friends can help you (study...and fulfill rule #4)

7. Should we have a prize [or several]? Suggest a prize…and you can only do so after attempting at least 2 verses.


Go for it (c.f. Psalm 119:11)