• It is the actual written text of the Bible
• It is an emphasis on memorizing and meditating on Scripture
• The Bible is 75% narrative
• Jesus used parables and questions

• What you remember most easily
• What you hear in the story
• What you see in the actions
• What you experience when you are engaged in the story
• It allows for scripture to be put to music, dramatized or drawn

• That is led through a series of questions and answers
• A student remembers what they have been engaged in
• It leads to ownership of the text
• The Holy Spirit is the one that reveals truth

• The lessons of the Word are intended to be obeyed
• It relates to our lives through the people of the Bible
• Individual application comes to a specific person’s life through the Holy Spirit

• The Word of God is sharper than a two edged sword
• The Bible crosses cultures and spans time
• It evokes emotion and personal experiences
• The Bible is written in multiple languages and can easily be used as the text book
• Asking questions allows the students to be thinking in their mother tongue

The U.S. is listed as 86% functionally literate by the National Adult Literacy Standard, that means

• 14% are illiterate
• 29% are functionally illiterate
• 44% prefer oral learning as opposed to written text
• 13% are highly literate and prefer to learn through written text