Category Archives: Jesus

The Chosen, Season 5 Episode 2

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Season 5 depicts the beginning of Passion Week. It’s framed by teaching of Jesus from the Upper Room Discourse in the Gospel of John with bits from Luke 22. The sharpest bit from Luke 22 is v.36. In the NIV … Continue reading →

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Hauerwas – “What Do You Mean ‘We’ Kemosabe?”

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

The essay we’ve been looking at, “Discipleship as a Craft, Church as a Disciplined Community,” was written with a particular audience in mind. He writes, In this respect it is interesting to note how we—that is, those of us in … Continue reading →

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The Chosen, Season 5 Episode 1

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

We’re back to watching The Chosen on Wednesday nights. Here are a few thoughts & observations from episode 1. The biblical parts of the episode (as opposed to the imaginative parts) are mostly drawn from John 12, 16, and a … Continue reading →

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Jesus vs. Mammon

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Mammon (an ancient god of money/wealth) says, “You are somebody based on on your wealth or capacity for gaining wealth.” Jesus says, “I love you and bought you with my blood.” Though rarely mentioned by name these days, Mammon is … Continue reading →

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Willing Participants?

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

God invites people to be willing participants in what he’s doing in the world. Sometimes we join in… sometimes like Jonah, we prove to be unwilling participants. There is great blessing in store for those who join in God’s activity.

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God’s Passion for People

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

In the book of Jonah we see God’s passion for people. That passion is demonstrated not just on behalf of “his own” people Israel, but even on behalf of their enemies in Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire. The … Continue reading →

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The Gospel of John, Chapter 4

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

We continue working through the Gospel of John John 4:1-12 John 4:13-26 John 4:27-42 John 4:43-54

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Put Fear in Its Place

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Richard Heyduck
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1700th Anniversary of Nicaea

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Though I’d attended my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party as a child, I was too young to be aware of what was happening. The first big anniversary I remember celebrating was the US Bicentennial in 1976. I remember celebrating the 200th … Continue reading →

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Warm Heart?

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

What does it mean to have a “warm heart?

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