TIL 547: The Catechizing Counselor (feat. Sinclair Ferguson)
Truth in Love
Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
1. Describe the concept of catechism and its history and importance.
2. What are some ways our culture has detracted from chatechizing as we see in church history?
3. What is the value in catechizing?
4. What is the value of teaching this way in the church?
5. What are some of the palces you would encourage people to start with catechisms?
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| 0:00.0 | The Catechizing Counselor on this edition of Truth and Love. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Dale Johnson, and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, |
| 0:15.6 | where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems that people face. |
| 0:19.8 | I'm thrilled this week to have with me, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson. |
| 0:22.9 | He's taught for many years at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia and is currently |
| 0:26.4 | Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reform Seminary and a teaching fellow |
| 0:31.6 | with Ligonier Ministries. |
| 0:33.3 | He currently serves as an honorary associate preacher at Trinity Church, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
| 0:38.8 | He's written over 50 books varying from titles for children to more academic studies. |
| 0:43.6 | He and his wife, Dorothy, have been blessed with four children and 13 grandchildren. |
| 0:48.6 | Dr. Ferguson, so grateful that you're here with us today. |
| 0:50.8 | Thank you, Dale. |
| 0:51.5 | Glad to be with you. |
| 0:52.7 | Man, you've had a crazy time getting here, but we're so thankful that you're here with us,. Thank you, Dale. Glad to be with you. Man, you've had a crazy time getting here, |
| 0:55.7 | but we're so thankful that you're here with us, and I can't wait to talk about the catechizing |
| 1:00.9 | counselor. Even the title is intriguing to me. And, you know, we think of catechizing often as |
| 1:07.3 | this thing from a bygone era. I want you to, first of all, just describe the concept |
| 1:12.4 | of catechizing and its history and some of its importance for us to consider. |
| 1:17.1 | Yeah, well, some of the best catechists of the 17th century thought that the incident in which |
| 1:25.1 | Joseph and Mary, quotes, lost Jesus in the temple and then found him in |
| 1:30.5 | conversation with the teachers. |
| 1:33.9 | The way they were impressed by his questions and answers was probably a catechism class. |
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