Abstract
Memorizing Scripture is a lost art. But by following these time-tested tips, we can bring back this spiritual discipline. Though we live in a different world and speak a different language, we have more in common with first-century Christians than we might think. For instance, like most of us, they typically lived in or close to an urban center. The Christians who went to church in Ephesus, for example, enjoyed all the amenities and temptations of the third- or fourth-largest city in the entire Roman Empire, with a population of around 250,000. These recipients of John's first epistle weren't backwater shepherds but were very much like us.