How to Memorize
the Bible
"I will not forget thy word."
- Psalm 119:16
Author Bio
Isaiah Hempe was born on the same day of the year as Herman Melville and in the same city as Ernest Hemingway. As a young man he fell in love with the written word, but it was actually Shakespeare who he was first drawn to. While in high school, he saw Julius Caesar being performed at the Stratford Theatre in Canada and decided that he would someday grace the stage and perform Shakespeare. That began a pursuit of studying drama and learning how to memorize extended text from any play.
However, as time went on and after studying other authors, he decided that he would rather write than act. But first, he had to have something to write about. So like Hemingway, he decided to go off to a war. He joined the Marines and volunteered for Vietnam.
While in Vietnam it seemed that the hand of God was protecting him. He volunteered for the infantry, but when he arrived in Vietnam, he was assigned to a Military Police company. When he requested transfer out to the "bush", he was assigned to a different M.P. company. Although he came under fire himself, he was never wounded.
When he returned to the states, he went to college and got a degree in business administration. After he graduated, he traveled back to Vietnam and spent a year there teaching English. When the Communists renewed their offensive to take over the country, he was evacuated just days before Saigon finally fell. Then he returned to the U.S. and got an M.B.A. and went on to work in the corporate world.
But something was still missing in his life. He still had a desire to write and began writing fiction. He wrote several short stories, a novel and a non-fiction book, but never sought to have any of them published.
He had been raised as a Christian, been baptized, went through the Catechism of the Lutheran Church, and believed in Jesus all his life. But he realized that although he believed in Jesus, he had not really been serving Him and actually following what Jesus had followed.
He began studying the Bible in depth and the Torah (the first five books) in particular. After several years his writing took a different direction. These resulting books are the fruits of that direction.
However, as time went on and after studying other authors, he decided that he would rather write than act. But first, he had to have something to write about. So like Hemingway, he decided to go off to a war. He joined the Marines and volunteered for Vietnam.
While in Vietnam it seemed that the hand of God was protecting him. He volunteered for the infantry, but when he arrived in Vietnam, he was assigned to a Military Police company. When he requested transfer out to the "bush", he was assigned to a different M.P. company. Although he came under fire himself, he was never wounded.
When he returned to the states, he went to college and got a degree in business administration. After he graduated, he traveled back to Vietnam and spent a year there teaching English. When the Communists renewed their offensive to take over the country, he was evacuated just days before Saigon finally fell. Then he returned to the U.S. and got an M.B.A. and went on to work in the corporate world.
But something was still missing in his life. He still had a desire to write and began writing fiction. He wrote several short stories, a novel and a non-fiction book, but never sought to have any of them published.
He had been raised as a Christian, been baptized, went through the Catechism of the Lutheran Church, and believed in Jesus all his life. But he realized that although he believed in Jesus, he had not really been serving Him and actually following what Jesus had followed.
He began studying the Bible in depth and the Torah (the first five books) in particular. After several years his writing took a different direction. These resulting books are the fruits of that direction.
Mount Carmel, Israel. 2004