Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

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About Richard Heyduck

Pastor of Hardy Memorial Methodist Church, a Global Methodist Congregation. PhD Fuller Seminary MDiv Asbury Seminary BA Southwestern University

Abraham on the “Heart of the Gospel”

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

From Billy Abraham’s Divine Agency and Divine Action: Systematic Theology v.3: The heart of the Gospel is the astonishing news that God has inaugurated his kingdom in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. We begin not with … Continue reading →

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Love of Domination

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Do you want to live in a society ruled by those who love to dominate others? In this post economist Timothy Taylor discusses Adam Smith’s analysis that those who pursue domination are not working in their own best interests (let … Continue reading →

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20 Christian Values?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

In a recent post on Jeff Mikel’s book, Evangelical Idolatry, Scot McKnight lists “Twenty Values Central to Christian Living.” I have not read the book for myself, so all I know of it is what I see here in McKnight’s … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Friend of Sinners

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck
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A Walk in the Woods

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard Heyduck
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What Kind of God?

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Tyler Staton in Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: Jesus hasn’t revealed a God we can perfectly understand, but he has revealed a God we can perfectly trust. Trust is the certainty that the listening God hears and cares. I … Continue reading →

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Citizen or Subject?

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Kevin Williamson considers the difference between a “citizen” and a “subject.” In this context I’d prefer being a “citizen.” Do you have a preference? A citizen has many different loyalties and obligations, sometimes complementary and sometimes rivalrous: to the state, … Continue reading →

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A Confident Young Woman

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Mid 1930s in Illinois

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Pear Blossom

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Richard Heyduck
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Don’t Avoid Prayer

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Tyler Staton in Pray Like Monks, Live Like Fools: To pray is to risk being naive, to risk believing, to risk playing the fool. To pray is to risk trusting someone who might let you down. To pray is to … Continue reading →

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