Some think that Bible Quiz is outdated or merely "rote memorization," to which I say, "How can learning the Bible be a bad thing?"
After all, we should hide God's Word in our hearts, right? And, there's no time like the present!
Now that we are into our second season of Bible Quiz, it seems like such a solid investment into the girls.
The things we ended up discussing around the supper table or lounging on the couches in the living room were things that only students who had truly studied the Bible would be able to discuss.
I didn't realize that their coach was going to teach them how to study the Bible!
She armed them with highlighters, colored pens and sticky note page markers. She helped them find themes, unusual words, history of the passage and setting of the passage. I realized that they were learning skills that I learned in Bible college; skills I feel that every Christian should have.
I have found that our Junior Bible Quiz section covers basic Christian doctrine in bite-size pieces. As I've helped Blossom3 study, I've been so pleased that she is learning questions and answers that will give her good foundations in what we believe. There will come a time in her life when she'll need to know more, but I see now that through Bible Quiz she has a built-in springboard. She'll be able to delve deeper then, but now she has a foundation, a starting point, a reference point, with a solid Scriptural answer behind it.
More thoughts on Bible Quiz to come,
Dominique
