Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

About Richard Heyduck

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

Why me?

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In Isaiah 38-39 we see the story of Hezekiah’s sickness. Just when he thinks things can’t get any worse, they do. First, Judah’s cities are defeated by the Assyrian king Sennacherib and his mighty army. When the forces move on … Continue reading →

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Apparently President Obama recently made some comments about corporate social responsibility. “Businesses have a responsibility, too,” said Obama in his weekly address on Saturday. “If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in … Continue reading →

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Set Talk

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

I don’t remember when I first ran into Paul Hiebert’s idea of contrasting bounded sets and centered sets in our understanding of evangelism. It was either shortly before I finished seminary or shortly after, making sometime in the late 1980s. … Continue reading →

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Rotary & Politics

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

I got to do the program for our local Rotary club today. I wanted to share some arguments against the reduction of the political to the partisan. Here’s what I had to say: The first thing to know is that … Continue reading →

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Heaven & Hell

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In today’s Parade Magazine (a supplement to the Dallas Morning News) there is a brief piece on actor Javier Bardem. He is described as having “a somewhat novel account of the afterlife.” What’s novel about it? He says, “I don’t … Continue reading →

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Those Other People

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

It is easy for people, whether they be liberal, conservative, or something else, to think they have come to hold the positions they hold because they are smart and good. It may be the case that some of these folks … Continue reading →

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Hirsch on “Genuine Christianity” & Liberalism

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In The Forgotten Ways Alan Hirsch claims: What is clear is that genuine Christianity, wherever it expresses itself, is always in tension with significant aspects of the surrounding culture, because it always seeks to transform it. Movements are transformative by … Continue reading →

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Leadership in Time

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Some approaches to leadership view it as a science. Through a study of human institutions and organizations, the thought it, one can discern principles that “work.” Those who speak of “irrefutable” laws of leadership take this approach. Leadership conceived along … Continue reading →

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Christmas – the Gift

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Richard Heyduck

It has become to make Christmas into something we use as a means to something else. For ordinary folks, it’s a means to: happiness, family togetherness in a always-busy culture, getting some THING we want. For church leaders, the folks … Continue reading →

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