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

Some Thoughts on Confirmation

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

One of the common features of confirmation classes is to have the confirmands produce a creed – a statement of belief. After going through several weeks – or months – of study, they write a Credo. I have seen other … Continue reading →

Posted in Confirmation, Evangelism, Youth Ministry | 3 Comments

The Market

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Isn’t the market doing great? Yesterday morning when I left town, the price of gas was 3.23. By the time I got home (about 6 pm) it was down to 3.16. When I went out this morning (about 9am), it … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Market, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Crunchy or Soggy?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Glenn Reynolds makes this observation about the call for greater regulation in financial markets: There is an argument, instead, for crunchy systems where problems are immediately obvious, instead of “soggy” ones where they are not. Regulation, etc., tends to make … Continue reading →

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A Problem of Trust

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

By the time you read this, at least a week will have passed. I don’t know what the markets will do between now and then. Like the rest of you, I know that most of our investments have gone down … Continue reading →

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Thinking in the background

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

As one of the consequences of having a short attention span, I tend to be reading several (non-fiction) books at a time. Two books I’m reading now are Bruce Ellis Benson’s Graven IdeologiesL Nietzsche, Derrida & Marion on Modern Idolatry … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology | Leave a comment

Trends in American Preaching

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Here’s the first report on some of what Tom Long had to say at a Baylor preaching convocation earlier in the week. The narrative style of preaching, which arose in the early 1960s with the demise of the didactic style … Continue reading →

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Unity & Harmony

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

On page 30 of Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard says, When successful, spiritual formation (or, really, reformation) unites the divided heart and life of the individual. That person can then bring remarkable harmony into the groups where he or … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality | 1 Comment

Urgent!

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’m noticing a lot of urgent things in my life lately. It’s urgent that I have all the meetings and prepare all the reports for Charge Conference. It’s urgent that we promise billions and billions to bail out the mistakes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

How God Knows

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’m sympathetic with some of the Open Theism literature I’ve read, so I find Greg Boyd’s comments on a confused theory of knowledge inherited from the ancients interesting. His conclusion seems reasonable. Once we abandon the ancient view of seeing … Continue reading →

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Another, older, NCLB

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Charles Taylor (in A Secular Age) considers the depth of Reform in the middle ages to be much greater than the line from Wycliffe, to Huss, to Luther and beyond, connecting it to the rise of the modern preoccupation with … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles Taylor, Education, Public Schools, Spirituality, Theology | 2 Comments