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

What’s Next?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

We humans are such odd creatures. We seem to oscillate between giving no thought to the consequences of our actions to being paralyzed with fear by imagined consequences of our actions. Take one of the proposed constitutional changes in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Discipline, United Methodism | 9 Comments

Memories

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

A Happy Memory: One Sunday about 14 years ago my son did the children’s message for the church service. Well, it was sort of a reverse children’s message. In a normal children’s message an adult gets up and tells the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Discipline | 1 Comment

Inerrancy and the Spiritual Formation of Younger Evangelicals

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

In his book by this title, Carlos R. Blovell argues that institutional commitments to a doctrine of biblical inerrancy like that found in the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Philosophical Society are not conducive to the spiritual formation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Books, Evangelicalism, Inerrancy | 6 Comments

Cult of Accountability

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

In his essay on the epistemological problems underlying the current economic crisis, Jerry Z. Miller refers to the “cult of accountability:” The cult of “accountability” was linked to key innovations that turned out to have unanticipated undersides. One was the … Continue reading →

Posted in church growth, Economics, Epistemology, Texas Annual Conference | Leave a comment

Stuck

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Sometimes we get stuck. While getting stuck is commonly taken to be a bad thing, it depends on where we’re stuck or what we’re stuck in. Perhaps you’re stuck in a family that keeps on loving you even when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelism, Local church, Spirituality | 1 Comment

Evolution in Texas Classrooms

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The Texas Board of Education is again facing the issue of how to teach evolution in our schools. In an opinion piece in Tuesday’s Dallas Morning News Daniel W. Foster, M.D. argues in favor of teaching evolution. He closes his … Continue reading →

Posted in Church & State, Evolution | 1 Comment

Foolish Spending

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve heard a lot about foolish spending lately. Most recently it’s million dollar bonuses at AIG. Before that it was a lavish executive retreat. A few months back it was an office bathroom renovation. Foolish spending is nothing new. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, Economics | 1 Comment

My daughter is annoyed

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I took my youngest child on a spring break trip to Washington. While there, the AIG bonus news was breaking (and breaking, and breaking) on every news outlet. She told me she was annoyed – more by the constant coverage … Continue reading →

Posted in AIG, Current events, Economics, Politics | Leave a comment

Tired

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I’m tired. I believe that what we call the economy is (at least largely) a human institution. The markets and regional components of the economy are driven by human actions. Human actions are sometimes driven by the thoughts and feelings … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Current events, Economics, Prayer | 3 Comments

Figuring out Islam

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

One way to understand the nature of a thing is to consult an encyclopedia, dictionary or textbook. Another way is to investigate it in the wild. Usually the latter shows the former to tend toward the simplistic. Since parameters are … Continue reading →

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