Year-Long, Westminster Shorter Catechism Preaching Guide
One of the advantages of the Heidelberg Catechism over the Westminster Shorter Catechism is the former’s 52-week layout. The Heidelberg Catechism’s 129 questions are divided into 52 Lord’s Day segments so that its topics could be easily arranged into a yearly preaching schedule. The Westminster Standards don’t have anything like that. This is my first attempt at crafting a 52-week topical preaching guide using the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
| Lord’s Day | Topic | Question Number |
| 1 | Glorifying and Enjoying God | 1 |
| 2 | Knowing God | 2-3 |
| 3 | The One God | 4-5 |
| 4 | God is Trinity | 6 |
| 5 | The Decrees of God | 7-8 |
| 6 | Creation | 9-10 |
| 7 | Providence | 11 |
| 8 | Adam & Eve in Creation | 12 |
| 9 | Sin & the Fall | 13-16 |
| 10 | Sin & Misery | 17-19 |
| 11 | The Covenant of Grace | 20 |
| 12 | The Person of Christ | 21-23 |
| 13 | Christ our Prophet | 24 |
| 14 | Christ our Priest | 25 |
| 15 | Christ our King | 26 |
| 16 | Christ’s Humiliation | 27 |
| 17 | Christ’s Exaltation | 28 |
| 18 | Redemption and Union with Christ | 29-30 |
| 19 | Effectual Calling | 31-32 |
| 20 | Justification | 33 |
| 21 | Adoption | 34 |
| 22 | Sanctification | 35 |
| 23 | Grace: Communion with God | 36 |
| 24 | Union with Christ in Death and Resurrection | 37-38 |
| 25 | The Duty Owed to God | 39-42 |
| 26 | The 10 Commandments | 43-44 |
| 27 | The First Commandment | 45-48 |
| 28 | The Second Commandment | 49-52 |
| 29 | The Third Commandment | 53-56 |
| 30 | The Fourth Commandment | 57-62 |
| 31 | The Fifth Commandment | 63-66 |
| 32 | The Sixth Commandment | 67-69 |
| 33 | The Seventh Commandment | 70-72 |
| 34 | The Eighth Commandment | 73-75 |
| 35 | The Ninth Commandment | 76-78 |
| 36 | The Tenth Commandment | 79-81 |
| 37 | Total Depravity | 82-84 |
| 38 | What God Requires: Faith | 85-86 |
| 39 | What God Requires: Repentance | 87 |
| 40 | God’s Ordinances: The Word | 88-90 |
| 41 | God’s Ordinances: The Sacraments | 91-93 |
| 42 | Baptism | 94-95 |
| 43 | The Lord’s Supper | 96-97 |
| 44 | Prayer | 98 |
| 45 | Teaching Us to Pray: The Lord’s Prayer | 99-100 |
| 46 | The First Petition: Hallowed Be Thy Name | 101 |
| 47 | The Second Petition: Thy Kingdom Come | 102 |
| 48 | The Third Petition: Thy Will Be Done | 103 |
| 49 | The Fourth Petition: Give Us Our Daily Bread | 104 |
| 50 | The Fifth Petition: Forgives Us Our Debts | 105 |
| 51 | The Sixth Petition: Lead Us Not Into Temptation | 106 |
| 52 | Seek First God’s Kingdom | 107 |
