For For pastors and church leaders wanting to recover catechesis. Not for a reader looking for a catechism itself.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
Packer and Gary Parrett make the case for churches to recover catechesis.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Written by Packer with Gary A. Parrett and published by Baker Books in 2010. It is a call for churches to recover the ancient practice of catechesis, the grounding of believers in the faith through instruction in the gospel and its implications for belief and life. Its chapters were not seen for this record.
