“What is your only comfort in life and in death?”
“That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Thus begins a beautiful conversation between teacher and catechumen on guilt, grace, and gratitude. This is the Heidelberg Catechism, a remarkable confession that we find in the Three Forms of Unity. Once again, Rev. Mark Vander Hart, Dr. Cornelis Venema, and Dr. J. Mark Beach offer some great insight into this historical document.