Year: 2018

05
Feb

The Second Article

“And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord…” (Second Article). By far, the best explanation of the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed is contained in the Small Catechism.  It is but one sentence long, but what a sentence! If I had to add something, it would be this.  As the Creed is the […]

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24
Jan

The First Article

“God settles the solitary in a home” (Ps. 68:6). “He also gives me…home…and children” (Small Catechism). We leave behind the Ten Commandments now and come to the Creed.  I love this moment in the Small Catechism!  The Creed is the true center of the Catechism.  The Commandments point to the need for it, and then […]

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