What should we study catechisms or memorize scripture?

It's a really good question that comes to us from a listener named Sarah in North Carolina.

Pastor John, I'm a stay-at-home mom with three young children and we currently homeschool

and I love the opportunities the kids and I have multiple times a day to talk about the

glory of God in our adventures and education.

It truly is a joy to point them to Christ every day.

My question is this, what are your thoughts on teaching children a catechism?

Is it worth a huge amount of time that we would spend on it or would our time be better served

only in memorizing scripture that points to the same truth?

Pastor John, what would you say to Sarah?

Well, it sounds like a wonderful home to grow up in.

Talking about the glory of God and concerned about whether scripture memory or catechism

is to be chosen.

And we think about the time that we have with our children and I'm talking about a family

where a child's born grows up, goes away to school, and there are other kinds of families

but let's just address this one.

When we think about that time with our children, we need to be realistic and remember that

Bible memory and catechism could start about each two, say, or three until they leave

at about 18.

And so we've got roughly 15 years.

So when I pose myself the question, catechism versus Bible memory, I say, there's plenty

of time here.

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