My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.
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Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.
My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.
I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.
My grandpa was a preacher.
My father was a first reader in the Christian Science Church, which is similar to being a preacher. There was no drinking, smoking or cursing.
By the time I went to college, I knew the major passages of the Bible pretty much by heart.
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.
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