![]() The voice of prayer lies in every throat. These simple words, Pless says, “are not too difficult for the young pupil yet they contain abyssal mysteries into which the mature Christian sinks” (2).Ĭhapter 2 is devoted to the Ten Commandments. It is a book to be prayed and digested for a lifetime, confessed before the world, and uttered incessantly against the devil. It is especially desired that your own praying of the catechism will be enlivened and enlarged” (ix).Ĭhapter 1 begins by emphasizing that Luther’s Catechism is more than an adolescent text used for a short period of instruction. ![]() “Readers will be drawn into a deeper and lasting appreciation of this handbook for doctrine, vocation, and prayer. In the preface, Pless sets the tone that there is always more to learn and receive in this exemplary reformational and catechetical text. ![]() ![]() In a day and age where there is a great famine of God’s Word and a culture beset on removing all voices of a distinctly Christian worldview, Pless’s Praying Luther’s Small Catechism must find a space on your bookshelf. ![]()
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