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Courtroom Drama: Why You Need Jesus to Be Human (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 16)

February 21, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

When you go to a movie you play a little trick on yourself. It is called “suspension of disbelief.” For about an hour and a half you watch in terror as asteroids smash the earth, or dolls transform themselves into monsters. You cheer for the hero — even when that hero is striving to do […]

Filed Under: Faith, Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Drama of salvation, heidelberg catechism, Jesus, Mediator, Substitutionary atonement

Lessons in Thankfulness: Teachers

February 18, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Restored Schoolhouse, Donald Lee, used under cc license

When you are a kid, your teacher makes a world of difference in your life. I have some vivid memories of the horror that was first grade. I was a bright kid, but I had a teacher whom I can’t help but remember as a not-so-green version of the witch from the Wizard of Oz. […]

Filed Under: Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Diaries, Diary keeping, Gratitude, John Beadle, Journal keeping, Journals, Teachers, Thankfulness

New and Improved!

February 12, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Welcome Mat, by Dru Bloomfield, used under cc license

This is just a quick note to lure you in to take a look at my upgraded blog format. I hope to make some further changes soon, but this is a good start. I’ve made the move to a self-hosted blog platform, which means I’m planning to be sticking to this. It also means I’ll […]

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Thanks for Your Patience…

February 10, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Thanks, gentle readers, for your patience as I upgrade my site. I’m most of the way there, but waiting on help from several sources on several important items. When my subscribers are transferred from wordpress.com to wordpress.org I’ll be able to start posting again. Meanwhile, if you stop by I’d love to hear your thoughts […]

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Get Out of Debt God’s Way (Heidelberg Catechism Q. 13)

February 3, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Most of us know what it is like to carry a burden of debt. College and grad school cost a bundle. A house and a car have most us making payments. Credit cars seduce us to buy now and pay later. That is an everyday scenario in our consumer society. How are we going to […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Debts, Heidelberg, heidelberg catechism, Punishment, Sins, Wrath

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