Memorising Scripture as a tool for enjoyment

Jonty Allcock  |  Features
Date posted:  12 Feb 2026
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Memorising Scripture as a tool for enjoyment

Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash

The Bank of England has deep underground vaults. They store gold bars that have an estimated worth of £200 billion. Squirrels store nuts. Humans store gold.

These are much the same. We stockpile what we consider to be of greatest value and discard what we consider to be worthless.

But what if we end up storing the wrong things? Jesus repeatedly warned us about making that mistake.

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