On April 14, 1648 the Westminster Assembly of Divines presented its Catechisms to Parliament.
These two documents are some of the best tools for Christian teaching ever produced since the time of the apostles--probably safe to eliminate "some of" there, come to think of it.
Richard Baxter wrote,
If the Westminster Assembly had done nothing more than produce the Shorter Catechism they would be entitled to the everlasting gratitude of the Christian church...next to the Bible, it was probably the best book in the world.G. I. Williamson concurs
The Shorter Catechism was the final product of the Assembly and-in my judgment at least-its crowning achievement. The Christian church in nearly two thousand years has produced nothing better than this Catechism, and it has few, if any, equals.Here's an article I wrote in '03 on the subject of catechesis (back when I was capable of doing more than short blogish things)--didn't spend a lot of time on formatting, etc. So it's kinda ugly.
4 comments:
Good stuff, Maynard.
Can I link it to our church site?
sure can! thanks :)
Also, I appreciate the integration of the Church into the realm of education--something almost missing in many homeschoolers ideas and some of their mags.
Perhaps you (and I would be willing to help :-) could expand on that idea. Out here (you know where!) we have the second largest homeschooling association amongst the states (and were 30-ish in pop!). And one of the highest unchurched cities (Denver). So, some think and act as though the church then is not here to instruct the families (and I mean the entire family not simply the father only!) but only to reinforce homeschooling philosophy.
You have children, what's your take?
This is something I've thought a bout a good deal...never written on it, tho. Probably should.
Soon.
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