Tag Archives: Jesus

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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Hauerwas on the Church “Standing against the powers we confront”

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

We continued working through Stanley Hauerwas’s essay, “Discipleship as a Craft, Church as a Disciplined Community.” You can listen to the audio HERE. Hauerwas is talking about the church of our age (he’s writing in 1991, but it seems still … Continue reading →

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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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Three Simple Rules?

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Since I’m working on a piece on Wesley’s General Rules I reread Rueben Job’s book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living yesterday afternoon. It’s a tiny book –  fewer than 70 pages. It’s easy to read in a … Continue reading →

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Lockean Self-Ownership

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Do you think many Americans today agree with this claim of John Locke? “Every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of … 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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Can We Argue with God?

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

How would Jonah’s story have been different if he’d taken time to engage with God, to ask questions and even to argue? Could he have come out the other side in a better relationship with God and with a better … Continue reading →

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Wrestling in Prayer

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

God, the creator of the universe, invites us to join in what he’s doing. One key way we do that is in prayer. God lets us see people and situations from his point of view, fills us with love for … Continue reading →

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Contending with the “World, the Flesh, and the Devil”

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Fathers’ Day is this weekend. If you’re an attentive Christian dad you’ve seen that the world, the flesh, and the devil are coming after your kids. As Christian dads, one of our essential jobs is standing against these powers for … Continue reading →

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