Preaching the Heidelberg Catechism
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The Reformed practice of preaching the fifty-two Lord's Days at the second service, as the Church Order of Dort requires. The course covers the debate between catechism text and free text, homiletical models and the Dutch tradition of catechetical preaching.
These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.
How to begin
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- Homiletics IV (1st lecture): Preaching From the Heidelberg Catechism Dr. Joel Beeke 69 min Open source Doctrinal Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, via SermonAudio
- Heidelberg Lord's Day 3 (Pt. 2): Free Will Rev. Movses Janbazian 41 min Open source Doctrinal URC Learning (Pasadena United Reformed Church, URCNA)
- Heidelberg Catechism sermon series Dr. Kevin DeYoung paginated archive, May 2013 - Feb 2014 (e.g. LD 32, 35, 36, 39) Open source Doctrinal Christ Covenant Church (PCA), Matthews NC Subscribes to the Westminster Standards (American 1788 revision through the PCA), not the 1647 text; none of this touches the catechism sermons. Keep; note that the PCA's standard is the 1788 revision when the site compares Scottish and American subscription.
- Heritage Recordings: Heidelberg Catechism Sermons Rev. Herman Hoeksema et al. about 50 recordings, LD 1-44 Open source Doctrinal Reformed Free Publishing Association (Protestant Reformed Churches)
Total: 1.8 hours