Press Release LutheranCatechism.com Releases Free Small Catechism Memory Cards First Version Uses The 2010 Sola/ReClaim Edition of the Small Catechism Sidney, Montana. February 9, 2016. LutheranCatechism.com announces the release of Small Catechism Memory Cards. This free resource lets anyone print standard size 3” x 5” index cards, each containing a portion of Luther’s Small Catechism … Read more
You can get the Power Point of the presentation, “Reformation Catechesis: Then & Now,” by Dr. John T. Pless at the 2016 Brothers of John the Steadfast Conference held this weekend in Tomball, Texas as a file in two Facebook groups. Didache Theological Works of Professor John T. Pless For a sampling, see the post, Catechesis Quotes … Read more
Quotations from John T. Pless speaking at the 2016 Brothers of John the Steadfast Conference in Tomball, Texas, as reported by Cafe’ Sola on Facebook. “The small Catechism has been influential in bringing whole congregations into the Lutheran faith.” “Even non Lutherans were using the Small Catechism for mission work!” “A full 1/4th of the … Read more
This is a third video of home devotions by our Facebook group member, Melissa Sutton. The three videos together illustrate a complete home devotion in the morning The first video showed the opening of daily devotions. The second video showed memory work, with mom helping two young children memorize the Third Article of the Creed, … Read more
Editor’s Introduction: Thanks to Haleigh Morgan, administrator of the Facebook group, Catechumens for Life, for this Guest Post. By request, she shares with us this wonderful way of learning the Catechism, using lapbooks. After explaining lapbooks and how they can be used to teach the Small Catechism, we are treated to a photo gallery of … Read more
Member of our Facebook group, Roni Grad, recommended A Small Catechism on Human Life, by John Pless, LCMS Ministries, St. Louis, 2006, also available from Concordia Publishing House. Examine topics such as abortion, bioethics, end-of-life, and sexuality — all through the biblical eyeglasses of Luther’s Small Catechism. Each chapter concludes with thoughtful discussion questions and … Read more
The Small Catechism is not just information. It is not a systematic theology. The Catechism does not just say something. The Catechism does something. It does something to us. The subtitles of a book sum it up. John Nicholas Lenker gave his book, Luther’s Catechetical Writings, a first subtitle: GOD’S CALL TO REPENTANCE, FAITH, AND … Read more
Editor’s Introduction: Dr. Martin Luther said, “Let every one know therefore, that it is his duty … to bring up his children above all things in the fear and knowledge of God.” A beautiful tool to help parents with this is On My Heart, a Lutheran memory work program. This is nifty. What’s more, it … Read more
It is 12 days to Ash Wednesday. Lent is almost upon us. What has this to do with Luther’s Catechisms? Much! Lent is an excellent time for reviewing the Six Chief Parts of Christian Doctrine. Pastor Joe Abrahamson, Faith Lutheran Church, Clara City, Minnesota authored an excellent article about this, titled “Luther’s Small Catechism and … Read more
Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology has a 7-lecture collection on catechesis. They provide this audio collection either as 7 Mp3 files on CD, or as an Mp3 download. The collection includes: If I Had a Hammer-Introduction to Luther’s 95 Theses Michael Albrecht Catechetics and the Royal Priesthood Peter Bender The Parent: Chief Catechist of … Read more
In the Preface of his Large Catechism, Luther states substantive reasons why the Christian faithful should continually use the catechism. Both the weighty reasons and the urgency remain today, Luther was concerned with the lack of teaching of the faith that he saw in the churches of his day. I believe that we face a … Read more
I have been burying the lead. The front page has been sporting the core points of Dr. Martin Luther’s Preface to the Small Catechism. As great as that is, that does not say why this website exists. Some recent behind the scenes projects of LutheranCatechism.com have caused me to realize this. So the front page … Read more