To Be a Christian: The Anglican Catechism in a Year
In To Be a Christian: The Anglican Catechism in a Year podcast, we are reading To Be a Christian in a year. Each day we will read one catechism question and answer as well as the scripture readings and conclude with a relevant collect from the Book of Common Prayer.
- Update frequency
- every day
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- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 1002
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Day 312. Is anger always sinful?
Today is day 312 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment.
312. Is anger always sinful?
While godly anger is a just response to wickedness and injustice, we are more often led into ungodly anger by…
Day 311. How did Jesus extend the law against murder?
Today is day 311 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment.
311. How did Jesus extend the law against murder?
Jesus taught that this commandment also forbids the vice of ungodly anger. A murderous he…
Day 310. What other actions are considered murder?
Today is day 310 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment.
310. What other actions are considered murder?
Genocide, infanticide, abortion, suicide, and euthanasia are all forms of murder. Sins of m…
Day 309. Why does God prohibit murder?
Today is day 309 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment.
309. Why does God prohibit murder?
Because every human being is made in God’s image, all human life is sacred, from conception to natural …
Day 308. What is murder?
Today is day 308 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment.
308. What is murder?
Murder is the willful and unjust taking of human life. (Genesis 4:1–10; Deuteronomy 19:4–13; Acts 7:54–8:3)
We will c…
Day 307. What is the sixth commandment?
Today is day 307 and we are studying The Sixth Commandment. 307. What is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is “You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17) We will conclude …
Day 306. Does earthly authority have limits?
Today is day 306 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
306. Does earthly authority have limits?
Yes. All authority comes from God, the King of kings, who expects me to love, honor, and obey him …
Day 305. What blessings result from obeying the fifth commandment?
Today is day 305 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
305. What blessings result from obeying the fifth commandment?
Submission to God’s appointed earthly authorities helps me to resist pride a…
Day 304. How else do you love God in light of the fifth commandment?
Today is day 304 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
304. How else do you love God in light of the fifth commandment?
I also keep the fifth commandment by showing respect for teachers and elde…
Day 303. How did Jesus keep the fifth commandment?
Today is day 303 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
303. How did Jesus keep the fifth commandment?
As a child, Jesus obeyed Joseph and Mary; on the Cross, he provided for his mother by entrus…
Day 302. How should parents treat their children?
Today is day 302 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
302. How should parents treat their children?
Earthly fathers and mothers should represent to their children the loving care of our heavenl…
Day 301. What does it mean to honor your father and mother?
Today is day 301 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
301. What does it mean to honor your father and mother?
I should love, serve, respect, and care for my parents all their lives, and should …
Day 300. What is the Fifth commandment?
Today is day 300 and we are studying The Fifth Commandment.
300. What is the Fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is “Honor your father and your mother.” (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16)
We will …
Day 299. How does keeping the Sabbath help you to grow in Christ?
Today is day 299 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
299. How does keeping the Sabbath help you to grow in Christ?
As I keep a weekly day of rest and worship, my faith in God my Creator is s…
Day 298. What does the Sabbath teach you about time?
Today is day 298 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
298. What does the Sabbath teach you about time?
Through an ordered life of weekly worship and rest throughout the Christian year, and by …
Day 297. Why does the Church worship on the first day of the week rather than the seventh?
Today is day 297 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
297. Why does the Church worship on the first day of the week rather than the seventh?
The earliest Christians came to observe Sunday as “…
Day 296. What does this commandment teach you about work?
Today is day 296 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
296. What does this commandment teach you about work?
My work is a gift of God that can grant me provision and satisfaction, and serve the…
Day 295. How do you keep the Sabbath?
Today is day 295 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
295. How do you keep the Sabbath?
I cease from all unnecessary work; rest physically, mentally, and spiritually; and join with my family a…
Day 294. How does the Sabbath serve as a promise for the future of God’s people?
Today is day 294 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
294. How does the Sabbath serve as a promise for the future of God’s people?
When the Church is perfected in Christ, all believers will dw…
Day 293. How did Jesus teach us to keep the Sabbath?
Today is day 293 and we are studying The Fourth Commandment.
293. How did Jesus teach us to keep the Sabbath?
As Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus taught us to keep it not merely as a duty, but as a gift of…