Roughly edited copy Concordia university education network Cuenet Lutheran confessions 2-1 Dr. Robert kolb Captioning provided by: caption first, inc. P.o. Box 1024 Lombard, il 60148 800-825-5234 *** This text is being provided in a rough draft format. Communication access realtime translation (cart) is provided in Order to facilitate communication accessibility and may not be a Totally verbatim record of the proceedings. *** Lc2-1 >> hello, dr. Kolb. My name is joshua. I'm extremely pleased To be here and look forward to learning more about luther's Catechism. Let me start with a really basic question first. Why do we need a catechism? Why isn't the bible enough? Doesn't god's word tell us everything we need to know? >> dr. Robert kolb: that's an excellent question, josh. And I'm delighted to be able to be with you, too. Many people have Asked "why can't we get along with the bible alone?" and the Illustration that i most often use for students is that of a Little baby and a big gallon jug of milk. And you wouldn't give The whole gallon jug to a baby to begin to chug-a-lug. You would Pour it into a tiny glass or put it in a bottle. And the catechism is like that. We shouldn't really play The bible off against the catechism because the catechism has Been seen by the church as a digest, a kind of summary. Actually A kind of primer, an introduction to reading the bible. And Luther wrote his catechism so that young children who have access To the biblical message could learn how to live the christian Life from it. So the bible and the catechism aren't opposites or Opponents in any way. Actually most of the text of the catechism Is drawn directly from bible passages or quite closely, although Indirectly such as the creed from those bible passages. And Therefore, the catechism should be understood as the church's Introduction to reading the scriptures. *** This text is being provided in a rough draft format. Communication access realtime translation (cart) is provided in Order to facilitate communication accessibility and may not be a Totally verbatim record of the proceedings. ***