What does Tribe teach about memorizing scripture?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on memorizing scripture starts with a simple conviction: burying God's word in the heart is not a spiritual hobby for serious Christians only. Brian Hunter framed it as one of three foundational practices alongside worship and tithing, something every person following Jesus is meant to do. The bottom line he kept coming back to was that treasuring God's word deeply helps us follow God's heart faithfully, and that the depth of planting matters as much as the act of planting.
Brian walked the congregation through Psalm 19:7-11 to show what scripture actually does once it is rooted that far in. It revives the soul, which he connected to the Hebrew word nefesh, covering the mind, the will, the emotions, and the physical body, meaning the word reaches into every dimension of a person, not just the spiritual. It brings joy to the heart, warns of danger that is often camouflaged rather than obvious, gives insight for living, and is itself a great reward that holds even when everything else has been stripped away. He also offered the congregation three practical categories for choosing what to memorize: verses that touch a pain point, verses that thrill your heart, and verses that help renew your mind.
Brian was honest that planting a verse is not a transaction you complete and walk away from. The congregation worked through the image of a seed together and recognized that a seed has to die in the ground before anything visible happens, and that seasons of apparent deadness are part of the process, not evidence that nothing is working. Brian says, "There is absolutely nothing that God asks of us that he doesn't also supply us with the gumption to do it." The final bottom line the room landed on was this: where God's word is planted, a great reward grows.
Taught from Psalms 19:7-14 · Proverbs 4:20-22 · Romans 12:2 · Psalms 119:18 · Psalms 51:16
“Joy is a choice, and we don't manufacture that from our flesh because it then comes forward as wax fruit like you're wearing a mask.”
From Sweeter Than Honey
The passage taught · Proverbs 4:20-22
20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- June 2, 2025 Sweeter Than Honey Brian Hunter walks Tribe through Psalm 19, exploring how burying Scripture in your heart revives the soul, brings joy, gives wisdom, warns of danger, and yields lasting reward.
- June 1, 2025 The Great Reward A Jackson Hole pastor leads his congregation through Psalm 19, exploring what happens when God's word is buried deep in the heart rather than just read from a page.
Mentioned along the way
- June 9, 2025 Three Uses of Worship Brian Hunter walks through Psalm 150 and three reasons to worship God through song: as a weapon in combat, a tool for recalibration, and a response to celebration.
- June 8, 2025 Worship in the Key of C A Wyoming pastor explores worship as more than singing, walking through Scripture to show how praise can be used for combat, calibration, and celebration.
- April 28, 2025 The Feast of Unleavened Bread Brian Hunter teaches Tribe through the Jewish Feast of Unleavened Bread and what it means to be truly free from sin, not just intellectually, but in daily life.
- April 27, 2025 No Longer Slaves Brian Hunter walks through the Feast of Unleavened Bread to show why Jesus, not willpower, breaks the chains of sin and why the enemy has no real authority over you.