This past Sunday I began posting a series on the Heidelberg Catechism. You may or may not have seen that come through. While reflecting on the questions and answers I had a few thoughts come to mind. First, I should have provided some form of historical introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism prior to beginning this series. Hindsight is always 20 / 20. My second thought was that in addition to going into the history of the Heidelberg, I should have explained some of my reasoning for beginning this series. It is with the later of the two that I would like to begin this introduction.

It is my intention to continue posting the questions designated for each Lord’s Day for you to reflect upon, memorize, and use for personal or family devotional time. The questions and answers designated for that week will be posted each Sunday morning at 6:30 AM. I know that some are earlier risers and I wanted to be sure to have the questions and answers available for your morning devotionals if you so choose.

I also hope to post questions from time to time that we have already covered in the weeks prior. These will be a pop quiz of sorts to test how well you have memorized the answers to the questions.

The primary purpose for providing the questions and answers each week is to not only glean from the great theological wealth that the catechism has to offer but also introduce many who, like myself, may never have had the privilege of being instructed through a formal catechism. It is my hope that others will recognize the need for historic reformed catechisms to be brought back into our parish life and worship.