Category Archives: Jesus

Adding Eternal Life

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

A guy walks up to Jesus. “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” Or, taking it in context, we might paraphrase, “Jesus I already have everything a man could ever want. I’m rich. I’m happy. I just … Continue reading →

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WDJD before WWJD

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

Several years ago, we had a WWJD craze. People in many quarters were asking, “What Would Jesus Do?” Not a bad question. The desire to do what Jesus would do in any particular situation, the choosing of Jesus as a … Continue reading →

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The Wrath of God

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

We modern believers often feel a need to take care of God – or at least God’s reputation. We have our ideals, and God had better live up to them. One of our ideals is that anger (or, in its … Continue reading →

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Hanging with Jesus

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

Mark 2:13-17 is a short passage with two connected stories. In the first story Jesus is out by the lake. The crowds come so he begins teaching them. No classroom is depicted, no “sit down and do your lesson,” for … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Newtown

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

Beyond praying for the people of Newtown, I think. As long as the first thing we fight for is our individual freedom (to anything), we will end up astray. As long as safety is our highest goal, we will end … Continue reading →

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Assurance: Receiving

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

I want to think just a little more about the aspect of “receiving” that I wrote about in the last post in this series. Here’s Jesus, extending a gift. What is that gift? In its essence, the gift is himself. … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Ask?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Richard Heyduck

If you want to learn how to bake, whom do you ask? Ask a baker. It’s obvious. If you want to learn how to paint, whom do you ask? Ask a painter. That’s a no-brainer. If you want to learn … Continue reading →

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The problem of judgment

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In Dependent Rational Animals Alasdair MacIntyre writes: In the context of particular practices we generally have no one else to rely on but those who are our expert coworkers, to make us aware both of our particular mistakes in this … Continue reading →

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Who is Easter for?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve had some people tell me Easter is a family holiday. All the relatives come to visit – or go to visit. There are gifts & treats for the kids. I get that. Family is a great thing. Doing things … Continue reading →

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You Will Be Assimilated?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Provoked by my current sermon series, Looking at Jesus, and reading Mark Noll and Bruce Hindmarsh’s  retrospective on the life and scholarship of W.R. Ward in Books and Culture, I’m spurred to think about the current status of evangelicalism in … Continue reading →

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