Catechesis

New City Catechism 52 Questions and Answers for Our Hearts and Minds

The Gospel Coalition, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

published 2017 - Illinois, USA

Copyright © 2017 by The Gospel Coalition and Redeemer Presbyterian Church
  1. 1. What is our only hope in life and death?
  2. 2. What is God?
  3. 3. How many persons are there in God?
  4. 4. How and why did God create us?
  5. 5. What else did God create?
  6. 6. How can we glorify God?
  7. 7. What does the law of God require?
  8. 8. What is the law of God stated in the Ten Commandments?
  9. 9. What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?
  10. 10. What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?
  11. 11. What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?
  12. 12. What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?
  13. 13. Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?
  14. 14. Did God create us unable to keep his law?
  15. 15. Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose?
  16. 16. What is sin?
  17. 17. What is idolatry?
  18. 18. Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?
  19. 19. Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?
  20. 20. Who is the Redeemer?
  21. 21. What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?
  22. 22. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
  23. 23. Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
  24. 24. Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
  25. 25. Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?
  26. 26. What else does Christ’s death redeem?
  27. 27. Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?
  28. 28. What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
  29. 29. How can we be saved?
  30. 30. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
  31. 31. What do we believe by true faith?
  32. 32. What do justification and sanctification mean?
  33. 33. Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?
  34. 34. Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?
  35. 35. Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?
  36. 36. What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?
  37. 37. How does the Holy Spirit help us?
  38. 38. What is prayer?
  39. 39. With what attitude should we pray?
  40. 40. What should we pray?
  41. 41. What is the Lord’s Prayer?
  42. 42. How is the Word of God to be read and heard?
  43. 43. What are the sacraments or ordinances?
  44. 44. What is baptism?
  45. 45. Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?
  46. 46. What is the Lord’s Supper?
  47. 47. Does the Lord’s Supper add anything to Christ’s atoning work?
  48. 48. What is the church?
  49. 49. Where is Christ now?
  50. 50. What does Christ’s resurrection mean for us?
  51. 51. Of what advantage to us is Christ’s ascension?
  52. 52. What hope does everlasting life hold for us?