The New City Catechism

Devotional

God’s Truth for Our Hearts and Minds

Introduction by Timothy Keller

Collin Hansen, General Editor

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The New City Catechism Devotional: God’s Truth for Our Hearts and Minds

Copyright © 2017 by The Gospel Coalition and Redeemer Presbyterian Church

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hansen, Collin, 1981– editor.

Title: The new city catechism devotional : God’s truth for our hearts and minds / introduction by Timothy Keller ; Collin Hansen, general editor.

Description: Wheaton : Crossway, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016038579 (print) | LCCN 2017005993 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433555039 (hc) | ISBN 9781433555046 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433555053 (mobi) | ISBN 9781433555060 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: New city catechism. | Presbyterian Church—Catechisms—English. | Reformed Church—Catechisms—English. | Christian education of children. | Westminster Assembly (1643–1652). Shorter catechism.

Classification: LCC BX9184.N493 N49 2017 (print) | LCC BX9184.N493 (ebook) | DDC 238/.51—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016038579

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Contents

Introduction by Timothy Keller

Part 1: God, Creation and Fall, Law (Questions 1–20)

Part 2: Christ, Redemption, Grace (Questions 21–35)

Part 3: Spirit, Restoration, Growing in Grace (Questions 36–52)

Historical Commentators

Contemporary Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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Question 1. What is the chief end of man?

Answer. Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.

Question 1. What is your only comfort in life and death?

Answer. That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

These words, the opening of the Westminster and Heidelberg catechisms, find echoes in many of our creeds and statements ...

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About The New City Catechism Devotional: God’s Truth for Our Hearts and Minds

In centuries past, the church used catechisms to teach foundational Christian doctrines. In today’s world of shifting beliefs, this communal practice of learning biblical truth via questions and answers is more needed than ever before.

Seeking to restore this ancient method of teaching to the regular life of the church, The New City Catechism Devotional is a gospel-centered, modern-day resource that not only summarizes important Christian beliefs through fifty-two questions and answers but also helps readers be transformed by those doctrines.

Each question features a relevant Scripture reading, a short prayer, and a devotional commentary written by contemporary pastors (including John Piper, Timothy Keller, and Kevin DeYoung) and historical figures (such as Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and many others). Designed for use in a variety of contexts, The New City Catechism Devotional is a valuable resource for helping believers learn and meditate on the doctrines that stand at the heart of the Christian faith.

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