Preaching the Heidelberg Catechism

1. 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

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • Heidelberg Catechism Meditations (daily devotionals, beginning LD 1) Prof. Herman Hanko Open source Doctrinal Free online PRC holds the Three Forms but adds distinctives: denial of common grace and of the well-meant offer, and an unconditional-covenant polemic against conditional-covenant views held by other Three Forms churches (and against the Westminster 'offer' language, WCF 7.3, Canons II.5, III/IV.8). Keep as...
   • A Brief History of the Heidelberg Catechism John McClintock and James Strong (Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature) Open source History Free online
   • The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism (1851) Zacharias Ursinus (trans. G. W. Williard) xxxviii + 659 pp Open source Doctrinal 1851. Public domain
   • Reformed Preaching: Proclaiming God's Word from the Heart of the Preacher to the Heart of His People Joel R. Beeke 512 pp Open source Supplementary Purchase (optional)

   Total: 1,171 pages

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.