The Young Baptist's Catechism: A Beginner's Guide to the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689

by Adam Murrell

The Young Baptist's Catechism is a summary of the basic teachings of Christianity. Written in a question-and-answer format, this book of instruction is to be used by young children or other laypeople as a guide in daily devotions and as a study of Holy Scripture. Every Christian, no matter how young, ought to have a complete understanding of the true teachings of the Bible. This catechism, taken from the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, is meant to fill the role of teaching especially the young about Christian belief. This wonderful guide will introduce young children to the historic Reformed faith.

Genres: Theology

52 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

Reviews

[Dustin (dragonarmybooks)]

I respect the desire to have short and memorable questions and answers for important concepts pertaining to the Christian faith. Catechisms can be a beautiful thing.

At the same time, I do worry that proof texts are being used to give simple answers for incredibly complex theologies.

While those worries are not assuaged here in The Young Baptist's Catechism, I do believe that the author, Adam Murrell, is doing his best to offer a beginner's guide to the faith. On a few answers, Murrell does swing unsurprisingly towards a Reformed/Calvinist explanation. But if that's what you're looking for, this might be a helpful guide for preteens and teenagers interested in catechizing their Christian beliefs.

[Sara Whitford]

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."– Prov 22:6

This is perfect! Exactly the sort of thing I wanted for teaching the kids in my Sunday School class. As is typical with Reformed catechisms, each question is accompanied by scriptural proofs for the answer that is given.

Catechising our children is of the utmost importance, as we are told in Deuteronomy 6:6-7: "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." In other words, teaching our children doctrine... the Word of God, about His Character, His Grace, and His Mercy, should be a regular part of our lives. It shouldn't be relegated to a small time slot only on Sunday mornings.

When you think about catechising doctrinal truths along the same lines as teaching children the alphabet, or their numbers, or the months of the year or days of the week, it suddenly makes a lot of sense to equip them with the greatest knowledge they can ever hope to possess.

[Roger Bryan Van Pelt]

I love this little book. I use it often in our family devotions.