A 2012 recipient of the Award of Commendation from Concordia Historical Society! Telling the Next Generation: The Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Vision for Christian Education, 1918-2011 and Beyond, Edited by Ryan C. MacPherson, Paul G. Madson, and Peter M. Anthony, with assistance from Bethany Lutheran College student interns, Mankato, MN: Lutheran Synod Book Company, 2011 Overview: … Read more
After Morning Prayer with Marilyn and three of our grandchildren, Signe, Brynja, and Garrick (Gunny), this morning, I came to our Facebook group, and waiting for us all was this dear gift from one of our members, Erich Heidenreich. Erich gave permission to post it here on the website blog. We present here: Erich’s explanation Erich’s text PDF of … Read more
No, seriously. Get Sing the Faith: the Small Catechism Set to Music. As good as this is, the sales should be so brisk that CPH would have a difficult time keeping enough in stock. The description of this product at the CPH.org website is not hype. It’s no brag, just fact. How can that be? … Read more
Brothers of John the Steadfast, aaka (also affectionately known as) Steadfast Lutherans and BJS, is publishing an important article by the late Rev. William E. Thompson, “Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis” Concordia Theological Quarterly 56 (1992) No. 2-3: 99-121. The series will be published in 3 parts. The first installment is here. Part 1 is the … Read more
In 1522, Luther preached a sermon entitled “Living as Husband and Wife” (LW, 28: 28), which became a pamplet titled the Estate of Marriage. Here Luther identifies the greatest good in married life, which involves father and mother as apostles, bishops, and priests to their children. But the greatest good in married life, that which … Read more
A saint among the Band of Saints popped me a note. Bob Myers posted a comment to the article, Band of Saints – Saints Helping Saints with Catechesis, letting us know about a neat video resource on the Small Catechism. His note says: A series of videos that I have used is available on Youtube. … Read more
In answer to this question, a key addition to the Documents Library: Pless, John T., “The Small Catechism: Pattern and Shape of Christian Doctrine,” For the Life of the World, vol, 4, no. 4 (Concordia Theological Seminary Press, October 2000). The Small Catechism is the handbook for the Royal Priesthood of Believers. As such, it … Read more
A pastor (not my own) recently was talking to me about catechesis as the quiet crisis of the church. He said, “We have to band together.” He is so right. Many noble, industrious, and even exhausting efforts have been made to improve the lay Christians’ benefits from the Small Catechism in the forms of: Knowing … Read more
Lutheran Catechism has a group on Facebook. To submit a join request, click the image to the right. For those who want to be aware of new material on Lutheran Catechism but don’t prefer subscribing to email notifications, this may be the thing for you. Also, since it is a Facebook group, not just a page, … Read more
A recent post on this blog published and explained one church-year catechism reading plan contributed by a pastor. We have formulated it into a ready-to-print bulletin insert. Please feel free to use it and pass it around if it would be suitable for you. If you have reading plans for using the Small Catechism in the … Read more
A member of the Confessional Lutheran Fellowhip group on Facebook, Lauren Hanson, posted a video of her 3 year old child learning to recite the First Commandment and its meaning from the Small Catechism. She graciously granted permission to share the video here. She sent it along with this note: My husband and I grew … Read more
Didache aims to help contemporary Christians understand the interplay between what Lutherans confess (doctrine), how we receive Christ’s gifts in the Divine Service (liturgy), and how we pray and live under the cross of Jesus Christ (vocation). Didache seeks to instruct Christians in a basic pattern of catechesis which recognizes that doctrine is drawn from … Read more