Foundations: 100 Days of Devotions through Catechism

by Matthew Crocker

Overview

Every day we are formed by what we see on social media. Every day we are formed by the new Netflix special. Every day we are formed by the hot-button topics of the culture that appear on our news feeds. In fact, every single day we are formed as we interact with the world around us. We learn from it, are taught by it, and live from it. So what is the faithful Christian to do when they can't help but be shaped by the world around them? What is the believer in Jesus to do when the world opposes so much of his teachings? This book seeks to answer those questions by turning to the lost art of catechesis. This book seeks to turn the tables on formation by the world by providing formation through the word. This devotional work utilizes an updated form of The Westminster Catechism, Scripture passages, brief reflections, and prayers to help form believers into more robust disciples. Who knows, maybe this process will provide a way for us to no longer be formed by the world but rather, to begin forming the world to reflect its great redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666714890
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	08/31/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Matthew Crocker is the director of youth ministries at Christ City Church in Vancouver, Canada. He holds an MDiv from Regent College and has a passion for increasing biblical and theological literacy.

Matt lives with his wife and son in Vancouver B.C. where he works as the Director of Youth Ministries at Christ City Church. He has a Mdiv from Regent College and has a desire to share God's word through what he writes. It's his hope that through his works people will grow in theological and biblical literacy so that they can fall more in love with Jesus. When he isn't writing or working Matt enjoys spending time with his family, walking throughout the beautiful city of Vancouver, sipping on good coffee, and reading all sorts of books.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“If our ‘need today is neither for a therapeutic church nor for a political church but for a confessing church, one that will boldly confess the claims of Christ in the face of the heresies and heterodoxies of our age’ (Donald Bloesch), then we also need a new Reformation in which we recommit to catechesis in pursuit of deep and broad biblical and theological literacy. Matt Crocker offers us in this book a highly readable resource for ordinary Christian folk in pursuit of this goal.”


—Iain Provan, Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College





“Matt Crocker has written a book about something I worry about almost every day—how this generation is being formed in an age where their immersion in social media is deep and the distractions that lead to disintegration are unprecedented. I can’t imagine something better for formation than a series of daily devotionals that expound on the great confessions of the Christian faith and invite us into an encounter with Scripture and with the living God in prayer. When people take and use this book faithfully, they will have been exposed to the whole counsel of God in a way that will form not only their Christian minds, but their hearts and lives also. Matt has written this in an engaging, accessible, and culturally conscious yet countercultural way, and I heartily endorse it.”


—Ross Hastings, Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, Regent College

Editorial Reviews

If our ‘need today is neither for a therapeutic church nor for a political church but for a confessing church, one that will boldly confess the claims of Christ in the face of the heresies and heterodoxies of our age’ (Donald Bloesch), then we also need a new Reformation in which we recommit to catechesis in pursuit of deep and broad biblical and theological literacy. Matt Crocker offers us in this book a highly readable resource for ordinary Christian folk in pursuit of this goal.”


—Iain Provan, Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College





“Matt Crocker has written a book about something I worry about almost every day—how this generation is being formed in an age where their immersion in social media is deep and the distractions that lead to disintegration are unprecedented. I can’t imagine something better for formation than a series of daily devotionals that expound on the great confessions of the Christian faith and invite us into an encounter with Scripture and with the living God in prayer. When people take and use this book faithfully, they will have been exposed to the whole counsel of God in a way that will form not only their Christian minds, but their hearts and lives also. Matt has written this in an engaging, accessible, and culturally conscious yet countercultural way, and I heartily endorse it.”


—Ross Hastings, Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, Regent College

From the Publisher