The preacher’s recall test. A reference is called — and nothing else: no text, no passage around it, no hints. The verse must come out of the heart and stand word for word, as if a soul on the street just asked. Choose your level: five stairs, and the last one is a cliff.
For the youngest preachers: the shortest, best-loved verses in the Book, and a bank holding exactly the verse’s own words. Even here nothing is shown but the reference — the verse comes from the heart.
13 verses in the pool · sets of five
Preach at this level ›A substantial jump: the standard memory verses of the Christian life, and three stranger words salted into every bank from far away in the pool.
14 verses in the pool · sets of five
Preach at this level ›The working texts: the Romans road and the great sermon verses, longer now, with six decoys drawn from the same book as the verse you are preaching.
16 verses in the pool · sets of five
Preach at this level ›Rather difficult: long verses, and every decoy drawn from the very chapter you are preaching — the neighbourhood itself tries to mislead you.
13 verses in the pool · sets of five
Preach at this level ›Another scale entirely: long and lesser-known verses, and every bank salted with ten words from the verses standing right beside it — words that sound like they belong because they almost do. Reference only. Memory only. Preach.
13 verses in the pool · sets of five
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