Lessons from a Grandmother

While in Seminary I made regular trips to my grandmother’s house to learn Dutch. Together we would sit on the sofa. I would read out loud from a Dutch Bible and translate. She would help me through the rough spots. This is a good way to learn a language. Too bad I didn’t go there more often. During one of these visits my grandmother quoted from the Heidelberg Catechism. This prompted a few questions on my part. I discovered that as a teenager she was required to memorize the Heidelberg...