Alive Bible
Overview
Are you on a Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) team? If so you’ve probably already earned this honor! Do you LOVE memorizing scripture. This honor has some cool new techniques for memorizing and sharing scripture!
Requirements
1. What is meant by the term ‘Alive Bible’?
2. Understand four shortcuts to learning by heart.
3. Demonstrate a clever way to ‘warm up’ your brain. (i.e. the ‘Sparky’ method).
4. Using your skills and your understanding of how people commit to memory, explore one of the following Scripture adventures:
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a. Scripture Adventure: God Ruins the Bullies’ Evil Trick
: i. Read aloud the story from Daniel 6: 1-23. : ii. Using your own words, prepare a brief introduction to the main story. Please refer to Daniel 6:1-13. : iii. Learn by heart the main part of story in Daniel 6:13-23.
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b. Scripture Adventure: The ‘Ghost’ on the Water
: i. Read aloud the story from Matthew 14:13-33. : ii. Using your own words, prepare a brief introduction to the main story. Please refer to Matthew 14:13-21. : iii. Learn by heart the main part of story in Matthew 14:22-33.**
5.
- a. As an Alive Bible, share your Scripture adventure at least twice. One sharing must be done by yourself. Include your introduction and ‘Bring to life’ the main part of the story. Hint: If you wish, be creative and use modern technology, such as video etc.
- b. Fill in your Alive Bible Sharing Log, which requires an ‘adult’ listener’s signature.
6. List three possible effects of a young Christian learning God’s Word by heart and becoming an Alive Bible.
7. Share some experiences of what doing this honor has meant to you:
- a. What was the hardest thing about doing this honor? Please explain why?
- b. What part/s of the adventure talked to your heart the most? Please explain why.
- c. How did this honor help you to become a ‘Forever Friend’ of Jesus?
1. What is meant by the term “Alive Bible”? (see Psalms 119:11 and Hebrews 4:12)
2. Learn and practice at least four shortcuts to learning extensive Bible passages by heart.
3. Demonstrate several movement-based ways to warm up your brain (i.e. the “Sparky” method).
4. Using your skills and your understanding of how people commit texts to memory, explore two of the following Scripture adventures:
- a. Scripture Adventure: God Ruins the Bullies’ Evil Trick
- i. Read aloud the story from Daniel 6:1-23.
- ii. Using your own words, prepare a brief introduction to the main story. Please refer to Daniel 6:1-13.
- iii. Learn by heart the main part of the story in Daniel 6:13-23.
- b. Scripture Adventure: The “Ghost” on the Water
- i. Read aloud the story from Matthew 14:13-33.
- ii. Using your own words, prepare a brief introduction to the main story. Please refer to Matthew 14:13-21.
- iii. Learn by heart the main part of story in Matthew 14:22-33.
- c. Pathfinder Bible Experience Scripture Adventure
- i. Read aloud the passages/book you are preparing to memorize.
- ii. Using your own words, prepare a brief introduction to the main story. Consult the SDA Bible Commentary as necessary.
- iii. Learn by heart the chapter(s) you have agreed to learn as part of your PBE team. **
5. Do the following:
- a. Share your Scripture adventure at least twice. One sharing must be done by yourself. This may be done a in a public recitation, small group sharing, or as part of PBE game preparation. Bring to life the main story. You may use props, displays, or multimedia as part of your adventure-sharing.
- b. Create an “Alive Bible Sharing Log”” where you document the time spent memorizing the Bible passages. Have an adult listener sign off on your log.
6. List three possible effects of a young Christian learning God’s Word by heart and performing scripture to an audience.
7. Share some experiences of what doing this honor has meant to you:
- a. What was the hardest thing about doing this honor? Please explain why.
- b. What part/s of the adventure talked to your heart the most? Please explain why.
- c. How did this honor help you to become a “Forever Friend” of Jesus?
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
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