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Sermons on the Heidelberg Catechism by Rev C Bouwman when he served as
minister of the Church of Kelmscott
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Catechism Preaching – How I prepare Catechism Sermons by Rev C Bouwman
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Sermons held in the year 2004 |
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Theme of the Sermon |
| Lord's Day 10 | WITH INFINITE WISDOM ALMIGHTY FATHER UPHOLDS AND GOVERNS HIS CREATION FOR GOOD |
| Lord's Day 12 | JESUS’ ANOINTING SPELLED OUT THAT HE FULFILLED HIS OFFICE WITH HEAVEN’S APPROVAL. |
| Lord's Day 14 | TO PAY FOR OUR SINS JESUS HAD TO BE TRUE MAN WHILE HE REMAINED TRUE GOD |
| Lord's Day 15 | CHRIST’S UNIQUE SUFFERING TAKES THE CURSE OUT OF OUR SUFFERING |
| Lord's Day 16 Q&A 40-43 | CHRIST DIED TO TAKE THE STING OUT OF OUR DEATH |
| Lord's Day 16 Q&A 44 | Sermon held prior to the the Lord's Supper. |
| Lord's Day 17 | CHRIST’S RESURRECTION BENEFITS US GREATLY TODAY |
| Lord's Day 18 | CHRIST’S ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN IMPLIES A BROAD WORLDVIEW FOR US ON EARTH |
| Lord's Day 19 Q&A 50-51 | CHRIST IS KING AND THEREFORE THE FUTURE IS SECURE |
| Lord's Day 19 Q&A 52 | THAT CHRIST COMES AS JUDGE GIVES THE CHRISTIAN GREAT COMFORT |
| Lord's Day 20 | GOD THE SPIRIT MAKES ME HIS TEMPLE |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 54-55 | THE CHURCH IS THE WORK OF THE ASCENDED CHRIST |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 56 | THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS GOD’S GRACIOUS GIFT TO HIS CHURCH |
| Lord's Day 22 Q&A 57 | EVEN IN DEATH CHRIST DOES NOT DESERT HIS OWN |
| Lord's Day 22 Q&A 58 | CHRIST HAS OBTAINED EVERLASTING LIFE FOR HIS PEOPLE |
| Lord's Day 23 | BELIEVERS ARE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD FOR CHRIST’S SAKE. |
| Lord's Day 24 | BECAUSE OF GOD’S GRACE IN CHRIST, WE NEED NOT SEEK TO IMPRESS GOD. |
| Lord's Day 25 | THE HOLY SPIRIT ALONE WORKS FAITH |
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Sermons held in the years 2002 - 2003 |
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Theme of the Sermon |
| Lord's Day 1 | OUR ONLY COMFORT COMES FROM GOD’S MERCY IN CHRIST. |
| Lord's Day 2 | THE DEPTHS OF OUR SIN AND MISERY PROMPTS US TO DELIGHT THE MORE IN GOD’S REDEMPTION IN JESUS CHRIST. |
| Lord's Day 3 | CHRIST CAME TO SAVE NOT THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS. |
| Lord's Day 4 | THE SEVERITY OF GOD’S WRATH MAKES US APPRECIATE OUR SALVATION THE MORE. |
| Lord's Day 5 | THE CHRISTIAN REPEATS AFTER GOD THAT HE IS DEAD IN SIN. |
| Lord's Day 6 | UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS: WHERE DOES RECONCILIATION WITH GOD BEGIN? |
| Lord's Day 7 | FAITH IS TAKING THE INVISIBLE GOD FOR REAL. |
| Lord's Day 8 | THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS TRIUNE. |
| Lord's Day 9 | IN MODERN LIFE I CONFESS THAT MY FATHER IS THE WORLD’S CREATOR. |
| Lord's Day 10a | OUR FATHER IN JESUS CHRIST CONTROLS ALL THINGS TOTALLY. |
| Lord's Day 10b | GOD REQUIRES US TO SHOW OUR THANKFULNESS FOR THE PROSPERITY HE GIVES |
| Lord's Day 11 | GOD IS OUR FATHER BECAUSE JESUS IS OUR SAVIOUR. |
| Lord's Day 12a | GOD PRIVILEGES HIS PEOPLE BY MAKING THEM PROPHETS . |
| Lord's Day 12b | GOD PRIVILEGES US BY MAKING US PRIESTS. |
| Lord's Day 12c | GOD MADE US KINGS SO THAT WE MIGHT SERVE. |
| Lord's Day 13 | GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON IS OUR LORD |
| Lord's Day 14 | THE INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST DISPLAYS THE INFINITE GRACE OF GOD TO UNWORTHY SINNERS. |
| Lord's Day 15 | BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED SO LONG AGO IS THE STING OUT OF OUR SUFFERING TODAY |
| Lord's Day 16 | THE DEATH OF CHRIST MEANS THE DEATH DF DEATH. |
| Lord's Day 17 | THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST CHANGES THE DAILY LIVES OF GOD’S PEOPLE. |
| Lord's Day 18 | THE ASCENDED CHRIST IS OUR ADVOCATE BEFORE THE FATHER |
| Lord's Day 19 Q&A 50, 51 | THE ASCENDED CHRIST IS KING OF KINGS. |
| Day 19 Q&A 52 | CHRIST SOON RETURNS IN GLORY. |
| Lord's Day 20 | GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS US TO SURVIVE SATAN’S HATRED. |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 54 | CHRIST GATHERS HIS CHURCH TODAY – AND WE ARE PART OF IT! |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 55 | THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS IS CHRIST’S GIFT TO HIS PEOPLE. |
| Lord's Day 21-22 Q&A 56,57,58 | CHRIST’S SATISFACTION FOR SIN LEADS TO THE END OF DEATH |
| Lord's Day 25 | GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT SOVEREIGNLY USES THE EAR TO WORK FAITH IN HIS PEOPLE |
| Lord's Day 27 | GOD CLAIMS FOR HIMSELF THE CHILDREN HE GIVES TO BELIEVERS |
| Lord's Day 28 | CHRIST NOURISHES OUR SOULS RICHLY AT HIS TABLE |
| Lord's Day 30 | THE NATURE OF THE TABLE DETERMINES WHO MAY ATTEND |
| Lord's Day 31 Q&A 83-84 | WITH HIS GIFT OF KEYS TO THE DISCIPLES, CHRIST STRESSES THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF PREACHING |
| Lord's Day 31 Q&A 85 | CHURCH DISCIPLINE IS GOD’S GIFT OF LOVE |
| Lord's Day 32 | CHRIST’S GRACE MAKES US DO GOOD WORKS |
| Lord's Day 33 | REPENTANCE FROM SIN IS IMPERATIVE FOR SALVATION |
| Lord's Day 34 | GOD’S LAW MAKES ONE WISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF THIS LIFE |
| Lord's Day 35 | GOD INSISTS THAT WE MAKE NO IMAGES OF HIM, LEST WE PROVOKE HIS JEALOUSY |
| Lord's Day 36 & 37 | THE LORD TEACHES US TO USE HIS WONDERFUL NAME WITH REVERENCE |
| Lord's Day 38 | IN THE SABBATH GOD’S PEOPLE RECEIVE A FORETASTE OF PARADISE RESTORED |
| Lord's Day 39 | IN HIS CARE FOR HIS CHILDREN, GOD GIVES THEM PARENTS TO SHOW THEM THE WAY OF SALVATION |
| Lord's Day 40 | THE GOD OF LIFE TREASURES LIFE |
| Lord's Day 41 | IN HIS CARE THE LORD OUR GOD WARNS US AGAINST UNCHASTITY |
| Lord's Day 42 | THE OWNER OF ALL INSTRUCTS US HOW TO CARE FOR HIS POSSESSIONS |
| Lord's Day 43 | THE GOD OF PEACE TEACHES US TO PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBOR’S REPUTATION |
| Lord's Day 44 | OUR REDEEMER INSISTS THAT OUR EVERY THOUGHT AND DESIRE CONFORM TO HIS WILL |
| Lord's Day 45 | THE CHRISTIAN FREELY ASKS HIS HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ALL HIS NEEDS |
| Lord's Day 46 | WE MAY FREELY APPROACH OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN |
| Lord's Day 47 | THE PRIMARY TOPIC OF PRAYER IS TO BE THE SAME AS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE: GOD’S GLORY |
| Lord's Day 48 | IN PRAYER WE ADDRESS THE WORLD’S KING ABOUT THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS |
| Lord's Day 49 | IN CONSTANT PRAYER WE ASK GOD FOR GRACE TO DO AND ACCEPT HIS WILL FOR US |
| Lord's Day 50 | IN OUR PRAYER FOR BREAD WE ADMIT DEPENDENCE ON THE LORD FOR ALL OUR BODILY NEEDS |
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Sermons held in the years 2000-2002 |
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Theme of the Sermon |
| Lord's Day 1 | In the Catechism we echo the only comfort God has told us |
| Lord's Day 2 |
To rejoice the more in our only comfort, the Lord teaches us through the law to see our sins and misery. |
| Lord's Day 3 |
The origin of our sinfulness underlines our need for God’s grace. |
| Lord's Day 4 |
God’s justice is the cause of our salvation. |
| Lord's Day 5 |
God reveals to sinners the way of salvation |
| Lord's Day 6 |
In Christ God has worked salvation for people dead in sin |
| Lord's Day 15 |
Calvary’s cross is about Christ satisfying God’s wrath against our sins |
| Lord's Day 16 |
Christ’s death makes the Christian’s death a gain |
| Lord's Day 16 Q&A 44 |
Christ’s hellish agony assures us that God never forsakes us |
| Lord's Day 17 |
Christ’s resurrection from the dead implies that we may live before God forever |
| Lord's Day 18 |
Christ’s absence from us today is better for us. |
| Lord's Day 19 |
The Christ who died for us rules earth from heaven until He returns |
| Lord's Day 20 |
God the Holy Spirit strengthens God’s people in the face of the Satan’s hatred |
| Day 21 Q&A 54 |
Through his Spirit the ascended Christ gathers together the people God gave Him. |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 55 |
Christ makes His Church into a Communion of Saints. |
| Lord's Day 21 Q&A 56 |
For Christ’s sake God does not deal with us according to our sins |
| Lord's Day 22 Q&A 58 |
The life of the Christian is a life of joy. |
| Lord's Day 23 |
I am righteous before God through faith in Jesus Christ |
| Lord's Day 24 |
In declaring us righteous, God expects no contribution from us |
| Lord's Day 25 |
The worship service is the most significant event occurring on earth today |
| Lord's Day 38 |
God gave one day in seven free from work to demonstrate that He always cares for His people |
| Lord's Day 39 |
Authority is God’s gift in caring for His people |
| Lord's Day 40 |
The Creator of life gives and takes life in His time and manner |
| Lord's Day 42 |
God’s redeemed people are generous in giving |
| Lord's Day 43 |
The God of truth instructs His people to speak the truth |
| Lord's Day 44 Q&A 113 |
God our Father would have us be content |
| Lord's Day 44 Q&A 114-115 |
God uses strict preaching of the law to urge growth in His people |
| Lord's Day 47 |
In the first petition, we ask Father to use even clouds and Kings to move men to glorify Him |
| Lord's Day 48 |
Jesus teaches us to ask the Lord to destroy every work of Satan |
| Lord's Day 49 |
Jesus instructs His disciples to ask God for strength to obey His laws in their every circumstance |
| Lord's Day 50 |
The child of God confesses his dependence on his heavenly Father |
| Lord's Day 51 |
The Lord teaches us to ask for what He has promised: the forgiveness of our sins |
| Lord's Day 52 |
Jesus instructs us to ask Father not to test us because we can’t handle temptation |
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Sermons held in the Years 1998-2000 |
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Theme of the Sermon |
| Lord's Day 1 Q&A 1 | In the Catechism common people respond to God’s glorious promises |
| Lord's Day 1 Q&A 2 | The only comfort supplies joy in the midst of the sins and misery of this broken life |
| Lord's Day 2 | Through the law the lord teaches us how desperately much we need his saving work in Jesus Christ |
| Lord's Day 3 | The redeemed believer confesses his continuing depravity. |
| Lord's Day 4 | In God’s just judgment on sin, all men are on the brink of the pit of hell |
| Lord's Day 5 | God freely gives escape from the pit to unworthy and broken sinners. |
| Lord's Day 6 | God in mercy sent his only Son to earth for the benefit of those on the brink of the pit. |
| Lord's Day 7 | In infinite mercy God is pleased to save some from hell. |
| Lord's Day 7 Q&A 21-23 | To live by faith is to accept all God says and act accordingly. |
| Lord's Day 8 | The God too great for us to understand adopts sinful people to be his children. |
| Lord's Day 9 | God my Father is willing and able to care for me perfectly. |
| Lord's Day 10 | My sovereign Father always seeks my good. |
| Lord's Day 11 Q&A 29 | Jesus the Saviour removes the curse of God from daily trials. |
| Lord's Day 11 Q&A 30 | Jesus alone provides happiness for this life and the life to come. |
| Lord's Day 12 | God anoints his people with the Holy Spirit to equip them for their task. |
| Lord's Day 13 | Sinners bought by Jesus’ blood are slaves of God. |
| Lord's Day 14 | The Son of God emptied himself to become one of us. |
| Lord's Day 15 | Christ bore for us the wrath of God against our every sin. |
| Lord's Day 16 | Christ's death is our life. |
| Lord's Day 17 | When Christ arose long ago, we also were raised to a new life. |
| Lord's Day 18 | By his ascension, Jesus has opened for us the way to the Father. |
| Lord's Day 18 | Focus your life on Christ in heaven (Rev W VanderJagt) |
| Lord's Day 19 Q&A 50,51 | Our Saviour controls the entire world for the benefit of the church. |
| Lord's Day 19 Q&A 52 | Christ's return shall be according to the promises of the covenant. |
| Lord's Day 20 | Through his gift of the Holy Spirit, God equips his own to resist the devil’s attacks. |
| Lord's Day 21 | God the Holy Spirit gathers Christ's redeemed into one body. |
| Lord's Day 22 | God's covenant love is stronger than death . |
| Lord's Day 23 | To the delight of his children, God freely declares the sinner not guilty. |
| Lord's Day 24 | In no way does our relation with God depend upon our efforts. |
| Lord's Day 25 | Faith comes from the Holy Spirit through the preaching of the gospel |
| Lord's Day 26 | At baptism God Almighty assures sinners of His sovereign decision concerning them. |
| Lord's Day 27 |
All those who are in Christ share in His saving merits. (Rev A VanDelden) |
| Lord's Day 28 | At
his table the Lord assures us that He has established a warm
relation between Him and us |
| Lord's Day 29&30a | At the table of the Lord, God directs our attention away from this broken life and onto our ascended Saviour |
| Lord's Day 30 | The Lord has prepared his supper only for His believers. |
| Lord's Day 31 | None in the church of God may be deprived of the benefits of church discipline. |
| Lord's Day 32 | Christ has made us holy before God |
| Lord's Day 33 | The regenerated child of God must repent of his every sin. |
| Lord's Day 34 Q&A 92-93, | The Christian must obey the law of God |
| Lord's Day 34 Q&A 94-95 | The only God insists that people have no other gods before him. |
| Lord's Day 35 | Creatures can come to know how to serve the Creator only by listening to his Word |
| Lord's Day 36 | God’s glorious reputation is not to be degraded but exalted. |
| Lord's Day 37 | Our sinful hearts require that there be place for the oath. |
| Lord's Day 38 | God commanded the day of rest to spell out our dependence on Him. |
| Lord's Day 39 | Obedience to authorities is obedience to God. |
| Lord's Day 40 | The God of life hates murder and demands love. |
| Lord's Day 41 | In the seventh commandment God protects marriage from decay. |
| Lord's Day 43 | The God of truth desires a people of truth. |
| Lord's Day 48 | Jesus Christ teaches his church to pray that we and all creation acknowledge Christ as King. |
| Lord's Day 49 | Christ teaches us to ask for grace to obey the King’s commands in every circumstance. |
| Lord's Day 50 | Jesus teaches us to pray for daily bread |
| Lord's Day 52 Q&A 127 | In the face of Satan's rage the Lord teaches us to speak with God about our weaknesses. |
| Lord's Day 52 Q&A 128-129 | With the word ‘amen’ Jesus tells us to confess our conviction that God hears and answers. |