Category: Catechism Lessons

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of January 18, 2015: [I] THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYSHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT “You shall not commit adultery.” What does this mean? Answer: We should fear and love God, and so we should lead… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of January 18, 2015

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of January 11, 2015: [IV] THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYSHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD FIRST What is baptism? Answer: Baptism is not merely water, but it is water used according to God’s command and connected… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of January 11, 2015

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of January 4, 2015: [III] THE LORD’S PRAYER IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE SEVENTH PETITION “But deliver us from evil.” What does this mean? Answer: We pray in this petition, as in a summary,… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of January 4, 2015

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of December 28, 2014: [III] THE LORD’S PRAYER IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE THIRD PETITION “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” What does this mean? Answer:  To be sure,… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of December 28, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of December 21, 2014: [IV] THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD SECOND What gifts or benefits does Baptism bestow? Answer: It effects forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil,… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of December 21, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of December 14, 2014: [III] THE LORD’S PRAYER IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE SECOND PETITION “Thy kingdom come.” What does this mean? Answer:  To be sure, the kingdom of God comes of itself, without… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of December 14, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of December 7, 2014: [II] THE CREED IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYSHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE SECOND ARTICLE: REDEMPTION “And in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of December 7, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of November 30, 2014: [I] THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SHALL TEACH THEM TO HIS HOUSEHOLD [THE TENTH] “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass,8 or… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of November 30, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week November 23, 2014: [II] THE CREED IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYSHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE THIRD ARTICLE: SANCTIFICATION “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of November 23, 2014

Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism lesson for the week of November 16, 2014: [II] THE CREED IN THE PLAIN FORM IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYSHALL TEACH IT TO HIS HOUSEHOLD THE SECOND ARTICLE: REDEMPTION “And in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin… Continue reading Catechism Lesson for the Week of November 16, 2014