tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221001856162126448.post8294004427822888160..comments2023-04-07T08:20:05.494-05:00Comments on The Truth IN Context: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q2Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01152987444260369287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221001856162126448.post-18625702730355379162008-05-22T15:26:00.000-05:002008-05-22T15:26:00.000-05:00Growing up, I went a to a more "liturgical" church...Growing up, I went a to a more "liturgical" church, and we would recite the Lord's Prayer together every Sunday, and the Apostle's Creed, and I think a few other things (what they're called, I can't recall off the top of my head).<BR/><BR/>At the time when I was hearing all of this, I wasn't a Christian, but I definitely think that it planted a seed ("seeds" I think is probably better) in my life. It gave me a sort of "foundation" of what Christianity was/is. If I were to be somehow stranded on a desert island without a Bible, I would still have those creeds memorized that I could recite to myself. It seem to me that these catechism questions are similar in that they're short and concise and easy for someone to memorize.00https://www.blogger.com/profile/05537409519473805118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221001856162126448.post-67196661078323675062008-05-22T14:21:00.000-05:002008-05-22T14:21:00.000-05:00Mark,I did not mean to give the impression I am ag...Mark,<BR/>I did not mean to give the impression I am against having fun, I am not. The problem today in many churches is that they do all the fun things and never get around to teaching the doctrines. I was not setting up a false dichotomy, neither was I directing this at Chatham, The examples I sight are from things I know have been done at Chatham but that is where my experience is. There are many churches who do no teaching of the young whatsoever, that is the problem. I never said or implied that if you catechize the young you can't go and do the other things. I am sorry if I gave you that impression. I was not picking on Al either I had in mind churches like Lakewood and other seeker sensitive/emergent churches.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152987444260369287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221001856162126448.post-13839258562526079032008-05-22T12:46:00.000-05:002008-05-22T12:46:00.000-05:00Alan, as always you are absolutely right. There sh...Alan, as always you are absolutely right. There should be no room in the youth event schedule for having fun! Youth pastors who are already teaching the Word of God in their Bible studies are completely negating that teaching by allowing any sort of games and other social activities.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I agree that a catechism is an excellent way to teach the doctrines of the faith. However you've set up a false dichotomy: having fun and learning are not mutually exclusive.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804449981035596066noreply@blogger.com