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John Wesley’s Basic Christianity, or, How Does a Methodist Stay a Methodist?

August 20, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 18 Comments

I’m at the plate. The ball whizzes by, right at elbow height. That’s one. The second pitch goes the same way. That’s two. I swing at the third, but I don’t know if the “whoosh” of the ball or the “whoosh” of the bat is clearer in my ears. “You’re outta there!” Baseball has clear […]

Filed Under: Community, Theology, Wesley Tagged With: community, John Wesley, Methodism, Norms

Guest Post on Patheos, “A Test Case in Passing on the Faith: The Children’s Sermon”

August 12, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 5 Comments

I have a new blog post in the Patheos Symposium on “Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation.” I hope you’ll click through and see it.  Better still it would be fantastic if you left a comment over there so it could gather some interest. My piece is “A Test Case in Passing on […]

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Heidelberg Catechism and the Law of God

August 6, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

You see someone looking in the mirror. Looking. Looking. What is he thinking? Better still, what are you thinking? Too much attention to his reflection — easy to suppose he likes what he sees. We mock the self-absorption of mythical Narcissus, falling in love with his reflection in a pond. But we also fear what […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Calvin, Catechism, Heidelberg, law, mirror, Misery, sin, theology

And the winner is …

August 5, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

And the winner is … Dale Ambler! I’ll be mailing Dale his copy of Kneeling with Giants soon. Many thanks to all of you who subscribed to the blog. I hope you’ll click on my “Guest Book” tab sometime and leave a note — many of you I do not know, so it would be […]

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Twenty Five!

August 4, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

We have 25 new subscribers! Thanks folks! More news Monday… Gary

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