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

Discipleship Goals #1

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The mission of the United Methodist Church is to “Make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” Sounds good. But it’s pretty vague, especially given our fragmented theology. I thought it would be useful to explore in … Continue reading →

Posted in Five Practices, Local church, Ministry, Spirituality | 2 Comments

A Difference

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

One of the books I’m reading now is John Stackhouse’s Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World. He quotes David Martin as saying, “If I wanted to dramatize it I would point out that Mohammed was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Civilizations, Culture, Islam | 3 Comments

Is it good to tell the truth?

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

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Mission Movie

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

George & Becky went to Guatemala last summer. They were on mission with God. Here’s what they have to say. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3111374&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1George & Becky Join God in Guatemala from Richard Heyduck on Vimeo.

Posted in Local church, Ministry, Missions | Leave a comment

Imitation better than the original

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

If only the Free Credit Report ads were this entertaining.

Posted in Humor | 1 Comment

Stimulus

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Since everyone is an economist now, I figured that since I’ve had at least one course in economics and that I have no debt, I’m at least as qualified as others to ask some questions about the stimulus. Do we … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Consumerism, Current events, Market | 1 Comment

A story of Economic hell

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

John Thain is in trouble for remodeling his office. Well, that’s not quite right. He’s in trouble for having other people remodel his office. Apparently the job was more than just a new end table, rug or paint job. Whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, Economics, Salvation | 1 Comment

New Appointment Methodology

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

We (pastors and lay leaders from across the North District) met with Bishop Huie and a couple of cabinet members this morning in Ore City to hear about the new philosophy of appointing pastors to churches. They had intended to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry, Texas Annual Conference, Theology, Uncategorized, United Methodism | 3 Comments

A New Gospel Illustration

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

James Choung has developed a new way to illustrate the Gospel. My first take on it is that it is much more biblical than many of the other simplified models out there (remembering that it’s easy to have complicated biblical … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelism | 1 Comment

Inauguration Speech

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Overall, I thought President Obama’s speech was good. I wish, though, that presidents wouldn’t feel the need to try to get biblical. While it shows that our cultural is not entirely secularized yet, they so seldom do theology or scripture … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Politics | 3 Comments