To Be a Christian: The Anglican Catechism in a Year

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Day 269. What does it mean that the Lord is your God? (2025) Sep 26, 2025

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Today is day 269 and we are studying The First Commandment.

269. What does it mean that the Lord is your God?

It means that I have faith that the God of the Bible is the only true God and that I entrust myself to him wholly. (Exodus 3:1–15; Deuteronomy 6:4–5; Psalm 86:8–13; Mark 12:29–34; Revelation 15:3–4)

We will conclude today by praying the Gimel Stanza of Psalm 119 which is verses 17-24 found on page 429 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Original music from Matthew Clark. Daily collects and Psalms are taken from Book of Common Prayer (2019), created by the Anglican Church in North America and published by the Anglican Liturgical Press. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Catechism readings are taken from To Be a Christian - An Anglican Catechism Approved Edition, copyright © 2020 by The Anglican Church in North America by Crossway a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Day 268. What is the first commandment? (2025) Sep 25, 2025

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Today is day 268 and we are studying The First Commandment.

268. What is the first commandment?

The first commandment is “I am the Lord your God. . . . You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:2–3; Deuteronomy 5:6–7; see also Psalm 97; Luke 4:5–8; 1 Corinthians 8:1–6)

We will conclude today by praying the Decalogue found on page 100 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Day 267. How should you keep the Ten Commandments? (2025) Sep 24, 2025

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Today is day 267 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

267. How should you keep the Ten Commandments?

Because they both contain God’s prohibitions against evil and direct me toward his good will, I should both repent when I disobey them and seek by his grace to live according to them. (Psalm 25:11–18; Romans 6; Colossians 3:5–17)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for the Nativity of St John the Baptist found on page 629 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS.

Day 266. How do the Ten Commandments help you to grow in likeness to Christ? (2025) Sep 23, 2025

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Today is day 266 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

266. How do the Ten Commandments help you to grow in likeness to Christ?

They reveal my sin in the light of God’s righteousness, guide me to Christ, and teach me what is pleasing to God. (Deuteronomy 4:32–40; Psalms 19; 119:127–35, 169–76; Galatians 3:19–26; James 1:21–25; 2:8–13)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for Faith found on page 50 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Day 265. How do the Ten Commandments help you to resist evil? (2025) Sep 22, 2025

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Today is day 265 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

265. How do the Ten Commandments help you to resist evil?

They teach me that God judges the corrupt affections of this fallen world, the cruel strategies of the devil, and the sinful desires of my own heart; and they teach me to renounce them. (Deuteronomy 8; Psalm 19:7–14; John 16:7–15; Romans 2:1–16)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent found on page 606 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS.

Day 264. How should you understand the Ten Commandments? (2025) Sep 21, 2025

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Today is day 264 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

264. How should you understand the Ten Commandments?

I should understand them as God’s righteous rules for life in his kingdom: basic standards for loving God and my neighbor. In upholding them, I bear witness with the Church to God’s righteousness and his will for a just society. (Deuteronomy 4:1–8; Psalm 119:137–44, 160; Matthew 5:17–48; Romans 7:7–12; 13:8–10)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for All Saints' Day found on page 633 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Day 263. Why are you not able to do this perfectly? (2025) Sep 20, 2025

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Today is day 263 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

263. Why are you not able to do this perfectly?

Sin has corrupted human nature, inclining me to resist God, to ignore his will, and to care more for myself than for my neighbors. However, God has begun and will continue his transforming work in me, and will fully conform me to Christ at the end of the age. (Psalm 14; Jeremiah 17:1–13; Romans 3:9–23; 7:21–25; Philippians 1:3–11)

We will conclude today by praying Prayer 91.For Submission to God's Will found on page 673 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Day 262. How can you obey God’s Law? (2025) Sep 19, 2025

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Today is day 262 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

262. How can you obey God’s Law?

As I trust in Jesus’ fulfillment of the Law for me and live in the power of the Holy Spirit, God grants me grace to love and obey his Law. (2 Kings 18:1–8; Proverbs 3:1–12; John 15:3–11; Romans 6:15–23; 1 John 5:2–5)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for Peace found on page 49 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS.

Day 261. How did Jesus fulfill God’s Law? (2025) Sep 18, 2025

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Today is day 261 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

261. How did Jesus fulfill God’s Law?

For our sake, Jesus fulfilled God’s Law by teaching it perfectly, submitting to it wholly, and dying as an atoning sacrifice for our disobedience. (Psalm 119:49–72; Isaiah 53:4–12; Matthew 5:17–20; Romans 8:1–4; Hebrews 10:1–18)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for the Circumcision and Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ found on page 600 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS.

Day 260. How did Jesus summarize God’s Law? (2025) Sep 17, 2025

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Today is day 260 and we are studying The Ten Commandments.

260. How did Jesus summarize God’s Law?

Jesus summarized God’s Law by saying: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37–40; see also Deuteronomy 6:1–9; Leviticus 19:9–18; Psalm 31:23–24; John 15:7–17; 1 John 4:16–5:3)

We will conclude today by praying the Collect for the Fifth Sunday in Lent found on page 606 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

If you would like to buy or download To Be a Christian, head to anglicanchurch.net/catechism.

Produced by Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Madison, MS.

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