I just got off the phone with this kid’s mom. I guess last spring her son, Ben, internalized the book of Jonah. Then a few weeks ago their pastor challenged the whole congregation to internalize Romans 8. After four days – yep, four days – he had it down. And last Sunday he presented it in front of his whole church.
As you’ll see, he’s got pretty good intonation. No rote memorization here. In fact, partway through learning it he came out and told his folks, “I can’t learn this. I don’t understand it.” They sat as a family, his parents explained it to him, and he went back and nailed it. Oh that more families would sit and talk about the Bible with their kids, so they actually understood it. Hmmm…maybe I should go do that.
