My Only Comfort: The Heidelberg Catechism for Devotional Reading

The Heidelberg Catechism is poetic, pastoral, and comforting, but the Q&A format can undercut devotional reading. Bound in linen with silver foil, My Only Comfort includes a Scripture passage for each of the 52 readings and a foreword by Tim Challies.

Publisher: P & R
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9798887791135

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‘The Heidelberg Catechism (1563) is naturally suited for devotional use. Its devotional qualities have been recognized almost from the instant it was first published. How many people who know virtually nothing else about the catechism know all or part of the first question and answer?... At the outset, let me say that I am happy to see anything that gets people reading the Heidelberg Catechism, and this little devotional has much to commend it. For one thing, the editor chose a good translation (from the Tercentenary edition of 1863) with some salutary, if unacknowledged, revisions…The volume is small, compact, and well printed and bound. I am surprised, however, that the publisher did not see fit to include a ribbon as a place marker, which would seem to be useful for a devotional. Of the making of devotionals there is no end, but in this case, the publisher has blessed us with a useful devotional based upon a beloved catechism which will enrich spiritual lives of all who use it.’ R. Scott Clark