Westminster Shorter Catechism Put to Song

Question : What is repentance unto life?

Answer: Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, does, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.

Tune Used: Feels Like Christmas (from Muppets Christmas Carol)

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What is faith in Jesus Christ?

Answer: Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon Him alone for salvation, as He is offered to us in the gospel.

Tune Used: High-Ho (Snow White)

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What does God require of us, that we may escape His wrath and curse, due to us for sin?

Answer: To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requires of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption.

Tune Used: The Hokey Pokey

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What does every sin deserve?

Answer: Every sin deserves God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.

Tune Used: Bobby Shaftoe

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

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Question : Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?

Answer: Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

Tune Used: Where is My Hairbrush (VeggieTales)

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Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

Answer: No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but does daily break them in thought, word, and deed.

Tune Used: Sing a Song of Six Pence

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

Answer: The tenth commandment forbids all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

Tune Used: One Song (Snow White)

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What is required in the tenth commandment?

Answer: The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

Tune Used: Tune from 101 Dalmatians 

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : Which is the tenth commandment?

Answer: The tenth commandment is, You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/

Question : What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

Answer: The ninth commandment forbids whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name.

Tune Used: On Top of Old Smokey

You can find a copy of the Catechism here: https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

Created by: Pastor Michael Bowman

Church Website: http://ccc-pca.org/pub/blog/