Sent: November 8, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: RE: Recording oneself From: I've been meaning to reply to this for sometime now and I'm afraid I'm just now getting to it! Recording myself has been an invaluable tool in my Scripture memory efforts. I do it a little differently than what has been discussed here as I record myself not to play it back to help me learn passages, but rather as a way to check myself to make sure I'm reviewing passages correctly. This is especially helpful with longer passages as it's sometimes hard to remember if you missed a word somewhere in the middle. When I record myself and play it back while looking at the passage there's no question about whether I missed a word or not! On the technical side of the equation, I do all my recording on the computer. I use Goldwave (really an amazing piece of audio software for the price) to record myself and then actually play back the passages at 1.5x the regular speed. Although it took awhile to get used to listening to myself sounding like a chipmunk(!), it is efficient and helps shave off a few minutes from my daily review process. David Baldwin -----Original Message----- From: Glenda Poulter [mailto:imtogferyahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:51 AM To: biblememmemoryverses.org Subject: RE: Biblemem discussion list What a wonderful idea! Thank you so much! I don't own a walkman right now, but I plan on buying one, soon now! I will record myself quoting the Scriptures I'm working on and listen to them. Not only a good way to continue to memorize, but also motivational! Bless you for sharing! Glenda SongsofGraceaol.com wrote: to the gal that is training for a marathon.. great time to listen to your own voice reading scriptures that you want to memorize. it has been demonstrated that we remember more if it is heard in our own voices katie In God's love, Glenda =============================================================================== Sent: November 8, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Re: Review of available Scripture Memory Resources From: Lynn Allan Hello, Memorizing Scripture verses is a laudable ambition, but a beginner can find it overwhelming. The free software, InVerse, simplifies this, containing 15,300+ verses preloaded in 2,800 of the best known Scripture passages from 11 Bible translations. As your proficiency on a passage improves from Just Started to Good and then Mastered, you can categorize it for Less Frequent recitation. Veterans at memorization benefit by being able to organize scores of passages between Learning and Learned. Inverse lets you choose whether to see just the reference (e.g. John 3:16 [Topic:Grace] NIV), a hint, the passage being memorized, or the context can be shown with before/after verses. Parallel passages from other Bible translations can be viewed directly. Inverse has a very simple, intuitive user interface. An extensive tutorial (100+ steps) is oriented to less experienced computer users. Detailed Help is provided, including context sensitve help. There are interfaces to the Pocket-PC and Palm pda devices that maintain sync with the passages you are memorizing. It is a relatively small, self-contained download (less than 1 meg) that only takes 3 or 4 minutes to download, even with a slow modem. And it really is free; there is no "Pro" version for sale. Neither are there time limits, feature limits, nags, adware, or spyware. Just the offering of a Christian who has been abundantly blessed and wants to "give something back." While InVerse is helpful in getting people started, in my experience most software programs for memorization aren't all that advantageous over a (very small) shoebox for organizing a handful of verses. The Samaritan's Purse organization makes available a very nice starter pack from Mrs. Ruth Bell Graham with about 150 verses that comes in a convenient box. My impression is that it is free. However, once a person gets into the realm of dozens and dozens of verses, there starts to be an issue with keeping track of the verses. At some point, you want to decrease repetition of mastered verses to "make room" in your brain for a new passage. Also, it is easy to neglect mastered passages, and then be "rusty". There are four separate categories for "Daily/Most Frequent" recitation, "Weekly/Less Frequent", "Monthly/Least Frequent", and "Not Started/Inactive". As you master a passage, you can determine to recite it less frequently, but still often enough to not get rusty. It is oriented to grown-ups, and leaves out features such as a talking parrot :-) I would acknowledge that InVerse wasn't particularly developed for memorizing an entire book or chapter of the Bible. Instead, it has a set of about 750 "core" preloaded passages from almost every book in the Bible (50+ from the Psalms, 39 from John, 37 from Romans, etc.) The Add-Passage is available to include your own passages. I would describe InVerse as stable, mature freeware. It was originally released in early 2002, and has evolved through about 20 upgrades since then. Version 3.5h was released on Oct 3, 2003, and is available at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/InVerseSetup.exe or http://home.att.net/~bibleinverse/Download/InVerseSetup.exe Here is the "change-log" of revisions for previous releases: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/ChangeLog.html Here is the "road-map" of envisioned upgrades for future enhancements of InVerse: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/RoadMap.html For some of the above files, access may require joining the yahoo e-community. You can go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse and click on the "Join this Group" link in the upper right. It is free to join. This is a very "low traffic" group ... over the past 12 months there have been less than 50 messages. It won't fill up your inbasket :-) Most people specify the "Special Notices Only" option to just hear about updates. For His glory and honor, Lynn Allan aka paracletebibleinverse.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Simpson" To: Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: Review of available Scripture Memory Resources > Hello, > > Several members of the list have spent time developing various > products and > services to assist people in the task of memorizing scripture. Some > of it > is free, while others come at a small cost. There are many new > members of > this list and not all of them are aware of the wide assortment of > products/services which have been made available. I was wondering if > everyone who has developed some product or service for Scripture memorizers > could post a paragraph or two describing their offering. In this > way, people could see if there is anything that could be of help to them. > > Thanks, > > Stephen Simpson > (Biblemem list moderator) > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: November 12, 2003 10:51 PM Subject: RE: Supermemo and Scripture Memory From: David Baldwin One of the members of this group wrote me personally to ask about some of the software I used for presentation I recently shared regarding using Supermemo in Scripture memory (http://66.34.129.48/SM/). As this request touches at least indirectly on an important topic I thought I would share my response with the group. =============================================================================== Sent: November 16, 2003 10:58 PM Subject: Joining the list From: Michael W. Beyer I would like to join the Bible memorization list. Our church hosted a revival meeting through the Life Action Revival team recently and, through the messages delivered nightly, God impressed upon me the need in my life for scripture memorization. One of the things the team suggested we do was to find a partner with whom you could be held accountable. Finding someone in my church who actually wants to be held accountable has been a problem. I believe it will help me stand firm in my goals to memorize if I have a group of like minded people with whom to discuss my difficulties and my successes. Lee Ann Beyer =============================================================================== Sent: November 18, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Joining the list From: Dick van de Weerd Hello, It is fine to find this list; I try to memorize verses a lot of times. But it is not easy to hold on; I hope this list will be helpful. Dick van de Weerd The Netherlands -----Original Message----- From: Michael W. Beyer [mailto:mwbeyervalornet.com] Sent: maandag 17 november 2003 4:58 To: biblememmemoryverses.org Subject: Joining the list I would like to join the Bible memorization list. Our church hosted a revival meeting through the Life Action Revival team recently and, through the messages delivered nightly, God impressed upon me the need in my life for scripture memorization. One of the things the team suggested we do was to find a partner with whom you could be held accountable. Finding someone in my church who actually wants to be held accountable has been a problem. I believe it will help me stand firm in my goals to memorize if I have a group of like minded people with whom to discuss my difficulties and my successes. Lee Ann Beyer =============================================================================== Sent: November 18, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: Re: Joining the list From: Sonny C Agot Hi!Lee Ann, Yes I wanna be your partner in Bible memorization,if you like me to be. I Just would like to share to you that since I started to memorize those selected verses from the Bible,it encourage me to share the words of God to my loveones, friends and relatives. Theres no need to bring my Bible because I was able to preach the the word of God without it.I can preach God's plan of salvation without the Bible, but during bibles studies it is not advisable not to bring our Bible. During Bible studies there are many questions that needs to be answered, I must bring my Bible. The reasons why we need to memorize the Scriptures is because where ever you are, you can share and preach the word of God. In Christ Sonny Agot > > > > > _______________________________________ EDSAMAIL. Internet the way YOU WANT IT. www.edsamail.com.ph ===============================================================================