Catechesis was an age-old pedagogical method from classical education, which got picked up by the Reformers.
There are people whom you would not suspect who wrote catechisms. Bunyan wrote a catechism. We always talk about *Pilgrim’s Progress*, but he wrote a wonderful catechism. Charles Haddon Spurgeon also wrote a catechism. So, there’s a rich tradition, and if we’re not aware of it or cut ourselves off from it, that’s to our loss. There are wonderful catechisms, such as the old standards of the *Westminster Shorter Catechism* and the *Heidelberg Catechism* for our Dutch Reformed friends. These are great tools that can be very helpful.