Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 40 Lord’s Day 40 explores the sixth commandment, showing that “You shall not murder” reaches beyond outward violence to the heart, calling us to love, protect, and cherish every life made in God’s image.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 39 Lord’s Day 39 explores the fifth commandment’s call to honor father and mother, revealing how respect for authority, rightly understood in Christ, forms the foundation for family, church, and society.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 38 Lord’s Day 38 reminds us that the gift of the Lord’s Day is not about legalism but about finding true rest in Jesus Christ.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 37 Lord’s Day 37 of the Heidelberg Catechism explores the propriety and parameters of swearing lawful oaths.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 36 Lord’s Day 36 of the Heidelberg Catechism explains the third commandment, warning against taking God's name in vain while encouraging its proper honor and use.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 35 Lord’s Day 35 of the Heidelberg Catechism explains the second commandment, warning against idols while affirming that true worship rests on God’s Word and Christ, the true image of God.
The Heidelberg Catechism Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 34 Lord’s Day 34 of the Heidelberg Catechism shows how the Ten Commandments guide redeemed people into a life of gratitude, beginning with the call to love God alone and turn from every idol.
The Heidelberg Catechism Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 32 Lord’s Day 32 of the Heidelberg Catechism shows how salvation by grace leads to a life of gratitude, where good works flow as evidence of faith and a witness to the world.
The Heidelberg Catechism Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 31 Who should come to the Lord’s Table—and who shouldn’t? This week’s Heidelberg Catechism devotion explores the pastoral wisdom behind fencing the Table with grace and truth.
The Heidelberg Catechism Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 30 Explore Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 30 and how it distinguishes the Lord’s Supper from the Roman Catholic Mass, clarifying the sufficiency of Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice.
The Heidelberg Catechism Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 29 How should we understand Christ's words, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.” (1 Corinthians 11:24)?
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 28 There’s a sacred simplicity to bread and wine. But in the hands of Jesus, they do something astonishing: they become a sign and seal of the gospel.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 27 The goal is never to elevate baptism above the gospel, but to show how baptism points us to the gospel.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 26 We’ve seen how God gives faith through His Word and confirms it through the sacraments. But what does that actually look like?
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 25 Faith saves. But where does that faith come from? And once it begins, how does it grow?
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 24 We’ve just heard the beautiful news that we are made right with God by faith alone in Christ alone. Not by merit. Not by effort. Not by our own righteousness, but entirely by the grace of God.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 23 After walking through the Creed, the Catechism pauses to ask a deeply personal question: So what? What good does it do to believe all this? And its answer is clear: everything.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 22 Most people believe in some kind of afterlife. But Christian hope is different. It doesn’t rest on sentiment or speculation. It is grounded in a Person—the risen Christ—and in a promise: what happened to Him will one day happen to us.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 21 It’s easy to think of “the church” as an institution, a building, or a calendar full of events. But in the Apostles’ Creed, we confess belief in the holy catholic (universal) church—not as an organization we attend, but a living body we belong to.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 20 So far, the Catechism has led us through the Father’s creative power and the Son’s redeeming work. But now it shifts to the third Person of the Trinity—the Holy Spirit.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 19 It’s one thing to believe that Jesus is alive. It’s another to believe that He rules.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 18 We don’t talk about the ascension nearly as often as the cross or the resurrection. But the Catechism reminds us: the gospel story doesn’t end with an empty tomb. It continues with a lifted Savior.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 16 For many people, the Apostles’ Creed turns somber at this point. After the birth, life, and ministry of Jesus, we affirm that He suffered, was crucified, died, and was buried. And then come the words that puzzle many: He descended into hell.
Teaching Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 15 We often reduce the gospel to a single event: the crucifixion. And it’s true—Christ died for our sins. But the Catechism wants us to see more than a moment. It invites us to look at the whole arc of Christ’s obedience, not only His death, but His suffering.
