Category Archives: Bible

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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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 – 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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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Help on Patriotism

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’m working on a message about Jeremiah’s patriotism. I’d love your input on my theses thus far: Though the events of the bible took place in cultures very different from our own, we can still learn from them how we, … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Justification, part 2

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Here are some thoughts as I prepare to compare John Piper and N.T. Wright on justification. They are in no particular order. One of the cornerstones of the New Perspective on Paul is that legalism was not the defining characteristic … Continue reading →

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Slippery Jesus

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

We who delve into the bible and lead congregations… Yes, it appears possible to do the one and not the other: One can delve into the bible purely for personal benefit, or one can lead congregations and ignore the bible. … Continue reading →

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