Joel Hinds - New City Catechism


1 - What is our only hope in life and death?



2 - What is God?



3 - How many persons are there in God?



4 - How and why did God create us?



5 - What else did God create?



6 - How can we glorify God?



7 - What does the law of God require?



8 - What is the law of God stated in the Ten Commandments?



9 - What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?



10 - What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?



11 - What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?



12 - What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?



13 - Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?



14 - Did God create us unable to keep his law?



15 - Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose?



16 - What is sin?



17 - What is idolatry?



18 - Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?



19 - Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?



20 - Who is the Redeemer?




21 - What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?



22 - Why must the Redeemer be truly human?



23 - Why must the Redeemer be truly God?



24 - Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?



25 - Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?



26 - What else does Christ’s death redeem?



27 - Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?



28 - What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?



29 - How can we be saved?



30 - What is faith in Jesus Christ?



31 - What do we believe by true faith?




32 - What do justification and sanctification mean?



33 - Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?



34 - Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?



35 - Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?



36 - What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?



37 - How does the Holy Spirit help us?



38 - What is prayer?



39 - With what attitude should we pray?



40 - What should we pray?



41 - What is the Lord’s Prayer?




42 - How is the Word of God to be read and heard?



43 - What are the sacraments or ordinances?



44 - What is baptism?



45 - Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?



46 - What is the Lord’s Supper?



47 - Does the Lord’s Supper add anything to Christ’s atoning work?



48 - What is the church?



49 - Where is Christ now?



50 - What does Christ’s resurrection mean for us?



51 - Of what advantage to us is Christ’s ascension?



52 - What hope does everlasting life hold for us?