To Be a Christian: The Anglican Catechism in a Year

Today is day 173 and we are on the section on The First Petition: "Hallowed be Thy Name".

173. What is God’s Name?

God’s Name reveals who he is—his nature, his character, his power, and his purpose…

Today is day 172 and we are on the section on The First Petition: "Hallowed be Thy Name".

172. What is the first petition?

The first petition is “Hallowed be thy Name.” (Matthew 6:9; see also Psalm…

Today is day 171 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

171. How does your Father in heaven help you here on earth?

Because God is in all places and knows all thi…

Today is day 170 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

170. What is heaven?

Heaven is the realm of God’s presence, power, and glory, which exists invisibly along…

Today is day 169 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

169. How is God unlike earthly fathers?

Unlike our natural fathers, our heavenly Father loves us perfectly…

Today is day 168 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

168. How is God like earthly fathers?

Like all loving and sincere earthly fathers, God loves us in our wea…

Today is day 167 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

167. Why does Jesus teach us to pray “our” Father?

Jesus teaches us always to understand ourselves not onl…

Today is day 166 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

166. Who are God’s children?

All who come to God through faith and Baptism in Christ are adopted as childr…

Today is day 165 and we are on the section on The Address: "Our Father Who art in Heaven".

165. Why do we call God “Father”?

We call God “Father” because Jesus teaches his disciples that we are God…

Today is day 164 and we are on the section on the Lord's Prayer.

164. What are the parts of the Lord’s Prayer?

The traditional form of the Lord’s Prayer begins by addressing God the Father, makes s…

Today is day 163 and we are on the section on the Lord's Prayer.

163. How is the Lord’s Prayer a pattern for prayer?

The Lord’s Prayer models the primary types of prayer: praise of God, intercession …

Today is day 162 and we are on the section on the Lord's Prayer.

162. Why should you practice the Lord’s Prayer?

I should pray the Lord’s Prayer regularly because it teaches me to pray as Jesus com…

Today is day 161 and we are on the section on the Lord's Prayer.

161. Why should you learn the Lord’s Prayer?

I should learn the Lord’s Prayer because Jesus taught it to his disciples as both a pra…

Today is day 160 and we are on the section on the Lord's Prayer.

160. What is the prayer our Lord Jesus taught his disciples to pray?

The traditional version of the Lord’s Prayer is this:

Our Fath…

Today is day 159 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

159. When should you pray?

I should pray at regular times throughout each day, with fellow Christians for prayer and worship, and whene…

Today is day 158 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

158. What should you pray?

I should pray the Lord’s Prayer, the Psalms, the collected prayers of the Church, and my own prayers as the …

Today is day 157 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

157. Why should you pray?

I should pray because God calls me to do so, because I was made for fellowship with him, because I need the h…

Today is day 156 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

156. How can you have fellowship with God?

Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, and union with him by the Holy Spirit, I have f…

Today is day 155 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

155. What should you seek in prayer?

In prayer, I should seek not only God’s provision for my needs, but fellowship with God, who made …

Today is day 154 and we are on the section Concerning Prayer.

154. What is prayer?

Prayer is turning my heart toward God, to listen and to speak with him. (Psalms 84; 123; Matthew 7:7–11; John 17:1…