Despite the recent controversy about Alistair Begg, I have been a listener of his for quite a while. He frequently refers to the Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) and to the benefits of reviewing the catechism to stabilize one's beliefs. With the many culture wars, influences, and heresies that seem to be integrating themselves into the church today, I can't help but to believe that returning to Scripture is the way to filter out all of the noise.

To that end, I went searching for a way to study and review the Westminster Shorter Confession. While The Westminster Standards course at The Gospel Coalition is certainly noteworthy, I found that I was looking more for a way to review the questions in the WSC and also the Scripture Proofs. This led me to subscribe to the Westminster Daily which was very close to what I was looking for, but not quite. Another Google Search led me to For Glory and Joy – A devotion based on the Westminster Shorter Catechism.

Success! A weekly devotional and prayer that reviews 1-4 questions from the WSC. I started that first Sunday but found that I wanted to modify the format from the PDF version that Pastor Sayler graciously provided. In my mind, I wanted the page a week format and also include the scripture proofs for further study. 

This led me to reformat each week's devotion. I converted the PDF to a Google Doc. I created a Google Site linked from my personal GeofD domain. I used the Westminster Standard Shorter Catechism with Text and Scripture Proofs. I'm also copying Scripture Proofs using ESV. Finally, I set up a weekly Google Calendar reminder that links to this site's home page and here we are.