Tag Archives: Discipleship

The Chosen, Season 3 Episode 3

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

My observations and questions on this episode: The central and most controversial claim Jesus made in the synagogue in Nazareth was “TODAY this is fulfilled in your hearing.” The episode expanded on what Bible readers have long noticed about Jesus’ … Continue reading →

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The Chosen, Season 3 Episode 2

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

We’re watching The Chosen on Wednesday evenings at church. From time to time I think about sharing questions and notes. What have you done that has helped you fully trust God? “None of you are what you were.” What is … Continue reading →

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How God Became King

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Richard Heyduck

We’ve been doing a study of NT Wright’s book, How God Became King. It’s been a very slow study, sometimes make less than a page of progress in our hour of discussion. There’s been lots of repetition. I’ve spent time … Continue reading →

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Conformed to the World?

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Richard Heyduck

This meme has been circulating on social media lately: The truth to this requires nuance. There is almost always more than one way to “become like the world.” The world tends to give us at least two options. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 2024

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Richard Heyduck

When Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, it looks like he’s rolling to success. As the week progresses there’s more and more conflict with the leaders of the people. That conflict comes to a head when one of Jesus’ disciples … Continue reading →

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Deepening Accountability

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Richard Heyduck

One of the ways to look at the genesis of the Global Methodist Church is as embodying a desired “return to accountability.” Some hear this and think, “Now we will have bishops and leaders who are accountable and not just … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of the Disciplines

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Richard Heyduck

Christians say, “Jesus is Lord.” But how do we become the kind of people who live as if this is true? Willard addresses this and related questions in chapter 2 as he explains the logical force of Christian disciplines.

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Controlling our Speech

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Richard Heyduck

One doesn’t have to read far in scripture to see that speech is powerful. In Genesis 1 God speaks creation into being. A couple chapters later the serpent’s speech leads Adam & Eve to their doom. In the New Testament … Continue reading →

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Are We There Yet?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Richard Heyduck

Maps are idealizations of territory. They are useful to the extent that their methods of idealization help us orient ourselves in space and figure out where to go and how to get there. This is true whether the space be … Continue reading →

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Approaching Scripture

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Richard Heyduck

Since I’m a commuter (to both my jobs), I have plenty of time to listen as I drive. A few weeks ago I was listening again to one of Robert Jenson’s 2009 Burns Lectures at the University of Otago in … Continue reading →

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