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One way I use to memorize Scriptures in the Bible is by writing them down in a small spiral note book.

Once you have your notebook begin to go through the Bible and find Scriptures that you would like to memorize.  Sometimes I would hear a preacher preach on a specific set of Scriptures that caused me to write a verse or two from that sermon in my notebook so that I could later memorize it.  See here.

Once you have some Scriptures in your notebook, I recommend starting with five.  Begin to read them throughout the day or at least every morning.  I have begun reading them out loud to my son as we eat breakfast in the morning before we go to day care.  After you feel good about those five, add five more, and so on.

You will find the more you read them the more they creep into your memory without you even knowing it.  In fact, I find when I am preachign the Scriptures within my notebook roll off my tongue quickly and easily.  They become apart of your everyday speech as well.

This method might not work for everyone but for someone like me who has never been great a memorizing anything it has worked well.   

Here are eight reasons why Luke did write the book of Acts.

1.    Luke addressed his Gospel and the book of Acts to the same person, Theophilus, as the book of Luke is addressed to. See Acts 1:1 and Luke 1:1-4. 

2.    Paul calls Luke our good friend the doctor in Colossians 4:14.

3.    The Muratorian Canon attributes the authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts to Luke the physician. 

4.    Possibly the largest and most convincing piece of evidence is some refer to as the “We Passages.”  The author uses the term “we” to refer to his participation in Paul’s second and third missionary journeys as well as his journey to Rome.  

5.    If Luke did accompany Paul on these various missionary excursions and to Rome he would have been an eyewitness too the events recorded in Acts. 

6.    Luke’s fact checking ability is very solid.  Luke’s ability to correctly write about the Roman officials during the first century is very impressive and without error.  In addition he is extremely exact when it comes to the geographical information and historical information of the cities throughout the coastal Plain, the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea, and the relation between the Temple and the Antonia fortress in Jerusalem.  Dr. Horton suggests that Luke spent two years checking facts in Jerusalem while Paul was in prison Caesarea. 

7.    Luke was also able to accurately describe the social and cultural settings of many of the places thought Palestine during the first century.  He could not have accurately written about places as diverse as Jerusalem and Antioch without actually visiting those places.  In addition to those two he covers other cities like, Philippi, Athens, Ephesus, and Malta.  Unless one visited those cities and spent time there it would be very hard to write with such clarity as Luke does. 

8.    In Luke’s Gospel he focuses on healings more than others and has a more focused approach to explaining the specific diagnosis of the person who was sick.  Also, when he recorded the parable Jesus spoke about how it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven, Luke uses the more classical Greek word for a surgeons needle whereas the other Gospel writers used the more common word for a regular needle.  It would be safe to assume that a doctor would have naturally used the word for a surgeon’s needle because of his familiarity with the medical language. 

Hello everyone!  I am very pleased to announce The Bible Trainer.com!  I am your trainer Justin Driscoll.

This web site is intended to be a resource to Christian’s all over the world who are interested in studying the Word of God.  In America we take for granted the vast amount of access we have to the Word and to Bible studies, but that is the not the case with many believers around the world.  It is our hope and prayer that this web site will be able to reach those who are lost and without Jesus and enourage those who need tools to study the Bible.  

How will we study?

We will study the Bible using the written word, audio studies, and video studies.  I hope to utilize all three mediums to reach those who have different learner preferences.  

How long will each study be?

This will depend on the topic but the audio and video segments will be broken up into shorter segments for easier consumption.

Who should study the Bible?

Anyone who is seeking the Truth.  Within the pages of this site and the Bible that sits on your bookshelf are the Words of God himself.  God inspired 40 different authors to pen his Words for all generations so that we might know who the One true God is, Jesus Christ.

…but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31

I believe we will all see many changes to the site over the years but I am confident that when God’s Word goes forth it will not come back void.  

Sincerely,

Justin Driscoll