Memorizing Bible Verses in my Family

聖經經節背誦在我家 （中文）

I was asked by a mother from my former church in Virginia (CCCVA) to share about how I implement the memorization of “Fighter Verses” at home. I want to put my sharing here so anyone who is interested could learn from each other. In fact, you may find out there is no secret and every family might have different ways to effectively implement their spiritual activities with their children at home. If my sharing could be helpful to any of you who are interested, it's all God's grace and His glory.

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Bible Reading Plans

聖經閱讀計畫

一些聖經閱讀計畫的簡介：

ESV 讀經計畫（ESV Bible Reading Plans）提供了許多不同的方式方便讀者閱讀 ESV 版聖經：

• Web 網頁（每天會有新的讀經內容出現在同一網頁供在線閱讀）
• RSS （透過訂閱 RSS 的方式在線閱讀）
• Email 電子郵件（透過訂越後每天接收電子郵件閱讀）
• iCal （下載 iCalendar 格式檔案）
• mobile 行動 （每天透過行動裝置閱讀）
• print 列印（整個讀經計畫下載為 PDF 格式）

該網站共提供了十種不同的讀經計畫，以下特別簡介其中三個值得推薦的讀經計畫：

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Total Depravity Verse List 「人性全然敗壞」的經文

資料來源（Source）：traviscarden.com

「人性全然敗壞」（Total Depravity）是加爾文五點救恩教義的第一點，也是最基礎的一點，如果我們不能認清這一點，我們就很難完全謙卑地來到神的面前來讚嘆祂就恩計畫的奇妙偉大。以下是我在一個網站上找到所有與「人性全然敗壞」有關的經節，我將這些經節轉成 ESV（English Standard Version）與和合本的翻譯，配合原網站的標題，整理如下：

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Fighter Verses of the Week

The Fighter Verse of the Week is a 5-year church-wide weekly Bible memory program held at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. The details of the program and all the verses selected into the program could be found or downloaded here.

I have started using the verses provided by the program and added the Chinese United Version of the same verse to let my family memorize it each week since late month. All the English (ESV) and Chinese (CUV) verses I have compiled could be found here.

「每周戰士經節」是美國明尼亞波利市伯利恆浸信會所施行的一個全教會五年聖經背誦計畫，我自上個月起將這裡面每週的經節（與該教會同進度）再加上和合本的翻譯在家中與孩子每天一同背誦。感謝神的恩典，實行效果非常良好。

在這裡可以看到中英對照的經節。

What the Bible Says About The TRUTH

• Jesus is the truth. (John 14:6)
• The truth is in Jesus. (Ephesians 4:21)
• The truth comes through Jesus. (John 1:17)
• The Holy Spirit is the truth. (1 John 5:6)
• The Holy Spirit will guide believers into all the truth. (John 16:13)
• God’s word is truth. (John 17:17)
• The gospel is truth. (Galatians 2:5, 14; Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:5)
• The truth will set you free. (John 8:32)
• The truth of Christ dwells in believers. (2 Corinthians 11:10; 2 John 2)
• Repentance leads to knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 2:25)
• Following Christ is the way of truth. (2 Peter 2:2)
• We should believe in and love the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:10-13; 1 Timothy 2:4)
• Believers should walk in the truth. (2 John 4; 3 John 3-4)
• Believers should love in truth. (1 John 3:18)
• Believers should worship in truth. (John 4:23)
• Believers should speak the truth in love. (Ephesians 4:15, 25)
• Unbelievers exchange the truth for a lie. (Romans 1:25)
• Unbelievers don’t obey the truth. (Romans 2:8)
• Unbelievers refuse to love the truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
• Unbelievers turn away from listening to the truth. (2 Timothy 4:4)

- From ESV, Truth Bible

Father's Love Letter

天父愛的信

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釘十架過程身體變化的探討

（A Physician Analyzes the Crucifixion )
從醫學的觀點來理解耶穌死亡那日所遭遇的痛苦

原作者C. Truman Davis醫師　　 編寫者：曾履元。

幾年以前我讀到Jim Bishop寫的〔基督死亡那日（The Day Christ Died）〕裡面關於釘十字架的那段敘述之後，開始對耶穌受難時身體方面所產生的變化發生了興趣。我猛然發覺這麼多年來竟然把釘十架僅僅當成一個事件，對那個過程中經歷的可怕情狀既沒概念、也缺少什麼特別的感覺。甚至，身為一個醫生，我從來也沒想過祂真正的死因是什麼。福音書的作者對這些都沒有清楚的交代。在他們的時代，釘十架和鞭打是很常見的事，過程人人都曉得，沒有必要詳細描述，因此聖經上只寫著：『彼拉多 … 將耶穌鞭打了，交給人釘十字架』。

雖然聖經上沒有紀錄細節，但是從生理和解剖的觀點，我們還是能夠深入看到主在受難過程中所必定經歷的事情。拿撒勒人耶穌的身體在最後幾個小時所遭遇到的怎麼樣的折磨呢？

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Name Above All Names

We studied the topic of "What is God?" from the shorter catechism in our YCF group last week. During our discussion, it reminded me a song (which is not really a song, but a poem) about names of God in every book of Bible. It's called ...

Name Above All Names
(from the album God With Us - 神同在)
by Don Moen (Chinese Translation by 章啟明)

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The Center of the Bible

What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 117
聖經中最短的一章是?
答案：詩篇 117

What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 119
聖經中最長的一章是?
答案：詩篇 119

Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 118
哪一章位於聖經的中心?
答案：詩篇 118

Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118
Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118
於詩篇118之前共有594章。
於詩篇118之後也共有594章。

Add these numbers up and you get 1188.
將594加上594，你會得到1188。

What is the center verse in the Bible?
Answer - Psalms 118:8
位於聖經中間的經節是？
答案：詩118:8

Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives?

The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!

Psalms 118:8 (KJV) "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man"
詩篇118:8「投靠耶和華，強似倚賴人。」