Why a Contemporary Catechism? Even if you never had to memorize Luther's Small Catechism, you probably remember one of the most common phrases found inside, "What does this mean?" One of the apocryphal stories about this question is that Luther's son, Hans, constantly asked this question of Luther every time he theologized too far into the clouds. The Lutheran faith became grounded in answering this boy's questions. In a similar vein, I started up a summer sermon series-20 Questions in 10 weeks. It seemed to me that one of the dangers of preaching every week from the lectionary was that my...
Why a Contemporary Catechism? Even if you never had to memorize Luther's Small Catechism, you probably remember one of the most common phrases found i...
