Great Stuff — Reviewing the “Field Test”: Part 3, Fatal Flaws and a Prescription for Recovery
Found over on Pastor Lincoln Winter’s blog, Predigtamt.wordpress.com: In Part 1, I reviewed some of the strengths of the Revised Catechism Field…
Category: Catechization
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — Commandments 1-3
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: I have been asked to offer a critique of the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The 3rd Article of the Creed
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: THE THIRD ARTICLE (PART 1) Article and Explanation Text (top…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The 2nd Article of the Creed
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: The Second Article of the Creed is the beating heart…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The Distinction Between Law and Gospel
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism. Note that the deadline for comments on the revision is coming…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The 1st Article of the Creed
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: This review is in no way intended to be the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The Office of the Keys
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: The 1912 and 1943 Small Catechism published by Concordia Publishing…
Great Stuff — Reviewing the “Field Test”: Part 2, Needs Improvement
Found over on Pastor Lincoln Winter’s blog, Predigtamt.wordpress.com: In part 1, I examined the changes that I thought were good in the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision – Commandments 7-10.
General comments The “Central Thought” could be helpful but the questions involved in this section turns the focus on the student’s experience of…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — Confession
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: Critical scholars doubt that Luther wrote the Office of the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision: Baptism
The following review of the proposed Catechism explanation of Baptism includes both positive and negative critiques. I will not give them in any…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision: The Lord’s Prayer
Here is the first guest article on the proposed revision to the Catechism: Of all 6 chief parts of Luther’s Small Catechism,…
Great Stuff — “The sect can not wait.” A Catechism Commentary
Found over on Musings of a Country Pastor: At her recently concluded Pastoral Conference, the Wyoming District asked for more time. The…
Proposed Catechism Revision — Resolution to Express Concern
Resolution from the Pastors of the Eldora Circuit of Iowa District East. To Express Serious Concern with the Catechism Revision The…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision
The deadline is approaching to submit feedback and commentary on the proposed Catechism Explanation Revision. As the “field-test” edition of the new version…
Reactions to BJS Publication of “Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis.”
Here are some comments and questions from Lutherans on Facebook when they saw the post on LutheranCatechism.com titled, “Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis, in…
A Simple Weekly Catechism Reading Plan – With Bulletin Insert
Luther kept reading the Small Catechism every day. It is a prayer book, a meditation book, and a life book. It keeps offering…
Bulletin Inserts — Large Catechism Readings for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
LutheranCatechism.com provides without charge bulletin inserts for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter that present readings from Luther’s Large Catechism. The selections are edited…
Part 3 of 3 — Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis, by William E. Thompson
Part 3 Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis William E. Thompson Outline: Serialization Note: Part 1 Introduction Brothers of John the Steadfast gratefully acknowledge the…
Part 2 of 3 — Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis, by William E. Thompson
Part 2 Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis William E. Thompson Outline: Serialization Note: Part 1 Introduction Brothers of John the Steadfast gratefully acknowledge the…
Part 1 of 3 — Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis, by William E. Thompson
Part 1 Catechesis: The Quiet Crisis William E. Thompson Outline: Serialization Note: Part 1 Introduction Brothers of John the Steadfast gratefully acknowledge the…