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

More on Generosity

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Ran across this from Seth Godin’s new (free, online) book: When the economy tanks, it’s natural to think of yourself first. You have a family to feed a mortgage to pay. Getting more appears to be the order of business. … Continue reading →

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Generosity

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Our congregation has faced more financial challenges this year than we have in several years. While finishing our apportionments (the money United Methodist churches send to the general church for ministry beyond our own locale) was fairly easy for a … Continue reading →

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Learning to Risk in Church

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

As a church we do a fairly decent job of keeping the older generation employed and busy. We do a fairly poor job of drawing the younger generations into leadership, however, unless they are willing to plug in and do … Continue reading →

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Bible Videos

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The folks at the University of Nottingham are producing videos for each book of the bible. They haven’t finished all of them yet, but here’s a sample:

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Wright on Justification – 8

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009. Chapter 7 – Romans The biggest failure of traditional (“Old Perspective”) readings of Romans is the failure to include key portions of the letter in … Continue reading →

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Wright on Justification – 7

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Some notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009. Chapter 6 – Interlude: Philippians, Corinthians, Ephesians A key issue in Philippians: the connection between the status of God’s people (as God’s people) and … Continue reading →

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Wright on Justification – 6

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Some notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009. Chapter 5 – Galatians Like other authors, Paul cannot ever say everything that needs to be said all at once. Justification in Galatians means … Continue reading →

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Wright on Justification – 5

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009. Chapter 4: Justification: Definitions and Puzzles Wright notes the importance of Alister McGrath’s historical work on the doctrine of justification. With McGrath he notes that … Continue reading →

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Notes on Wright – Justification – 4

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009 Chapter 3 – First Century Judaism: Covenant, Law, and Lawcourt Getting to heaven when they died was not the major concern of first century Judaism. … Continue reading →

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Wright on Justification – 3

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Notes on N.T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision, Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009 Chapter 2 Wright lays out the basic rules he works from: Let the various writings interpret each other. He sees the battles over the authenticity … Continue reading →

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