This is a table of Bible illustrations to help parents, teachers, and pastors illuminate truths taught in the Small Catechism. Links to parts: Part 1 – The Ten Commandments Part 2a – The First Article of the Creed Part 2b – The Second Article of the Creed Part 2c – The Third Article of the Creed Part … Read more
This is a table of Bible illustrations to help parents, teachers, and pastors illuminate truths taught in the Small Catechism. Links to parts: Part 1 – The Ten Commandments Part 2a – The First Article of the Creed Part 2b – The Second Article of the Creed Part 2c – The Third Article of the Creed Part 3 – The … Read more
What are we trying to do? Fix the church, like Evangelicals? Fix the world, like Mainline Protestants? Are we trying to make disciples, as Jesus commanded? If so, let’s recall, “Discipleship is catechetical.” The Catechism is many things. It is a whetstone, a compass, a theological Swiss army knife, a life book, and a summary … Read more
Pastor Mark Surburg has written a great article for his congregation’s August newsletter that we can preview on his blog. The article launches a challenge to the congregation to learn by heart the Small Catechism, and an explanation of the benefits this brings. This includes memorization, of course, but uses memorization to go on to … Read more
Doctor Martin Luther describing the lot of pastors who teach the truth in the Catechism, from his preface to the Small Catechism. Therefore look to it, ye pastors and preachers! Our ministry is a different thing now from what it was under the pope; it has now become earnest and wholesome. Hence it involves much … Read more
So you missed the winkel. No need to miss the presentation. Rev. Phil Booe, has kindly provided his selected excerpts from his doctoral dissertation, “Cooperative Catechesis: A Model for Equipping Lutheran Parents and Pastors to Catechize Children in the Christian Faith,” prepared for the March 16, 2016 winkel at Hudson New York. Learn about parents … Read more
Following is the Oral Defense Opening Statement defending the doctoral dissertation of Rev. Phil Booe. COOPERATIVE CATECHESIS: A MODEL FOR EQUIPPING LUTHERAN PARENTS AND PASTORS TO CATECHIZE CHILDREN IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH Rev. Phil Booe Oral Defense Opening Statement In the Lutheran Church, as in many liturgical Christian traditions, there exists the practice of Confirmation. … Read more
You have got to see this to believe it. Simply amazing. Pastor Michael Mohr, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Strasburg, Illinois (LCMS) has developed a complete program of congregational catechesis. This is a coordinated approach for the whole congregation. In this program, youth are not over in one mind while adults are somewhere else in another mind. … 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
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
Pastors, do you relate to these statements by Rev. Terry Cripe, president of the LCMS Ohio District? What are your thoughts when you read this? If parents have found themselves inadequate, pastors have not been the best equipped teachers either. When I was in seminary, I had one course in parish education. I did not … Read more