A new look for timeless truth.

For almost 400 years families have been using The Westminster Shorter Catechism as a guide to understanding the basics of the Christian faith. This new, illustrated edition breathes fresh life into these timeless questions and answers, helping a new generation to learn the primary truths drawn from the Bible and laid out by our fathers in the faith. Ira Miniof’s striking images will help families engage with and meditate on the meaning of each entry. A valuable addition to any family’s library.

The entries are separated into sections for ease of reference:

• Our Faith (Questions 1–38)
• Life’s Purpose
• Holy Scripture
• What We Should Believe About God
• God’s Plan
• Creation
• God’s Providence
• Sin
• Covenant of Grace
• Our Savior
• Three Offices of the Savior
• Savior’s Humiliation
• Savior’s Exaltation
• Effective Calling
• Benefits in this Life
• Benefits at Death
• Benefits at the Resurrection
• God’s Law (Questions 39–87)
• The Moral Law
• Introduction to the Ten Commandments
• The First Commandment
• The Second Commandment
• The Third Commandment
• The Fourth Commandment
• The Fifth Commandment
• The Sixth Commandment
• The Seventh Commandment
• The Eighth Commandment
• The Ninth Commandment
• The Tenth Commandment
• Transgressions and Punishment
• How Can We Be Saved?
• The Means of Grace (Questions 88–99)
• The Means of Grace
• The Word of God
• The Sacraments
• Baptism
• The Lord’s Supper
• Prayer
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Our Father In Heaven
• Hallowed Be Your Name
• Your Kingdom Come
• Your Will be Done, On Earth As It Is In Heaven
• Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
• And Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Also Have Forgiven Our Debtors
• And Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil
• For Yours Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory, Forever. Amen

Also includes a short glossary of practices and concepts used, and an index of Scripture proofs.

Strikingly illustrated

Valuable addition to any family library