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Taking Things Personally

April 1, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

“Hey, don’t take it personally!” they say, when they do something that causes us pain. “Hey, it’s not about you!” they say, when we take it personally anyway. For the Heidelberg Catechism, the Christian faith is all personal. In a sense, Heidelberg says “Yes, it really is all about you.” Not in a self-centered way.  […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Catechism, Heidelberg, providence

Milestones!

March 28, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

My stats page tells me that as of today my blog has had 1000 views since I moved to this new domain in the first week of February.  Thanks to all my readers in (to my amazement) the USA, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, South Africa, Finland, Hong Kong, Brazil, Singapore, […]

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So What’s All This About The Heidelberg Catechism?

March 27, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

. If you’ve been reading this blog recently you know a lot of my posts have included reflections on the Heidelberg Catechism.  Part of my motivation is to honor a document that has formed generations of Christians in the Reformed tradition as it celebrates its 450th anniversary.  Another part is that I’ve been very involved […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Catechism, Heidelberg, Presbyterian

New Every Morning — And That’s a Good Thing

March 25, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

A new Facebook friend recently posted a question on my wall.  She said she was enjoying praying the Jesus Prayer, but found an objection creeping up in the back of her mind: Isn’t this the kind of thing Jesus told us not to do? One of the really fun things about writing a book is […]

Filed Under: approaches, Prayer Tagged With: 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Jesus Prayer, Matthew 6:7

Be Named and Be Claimed!

March 22, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Last Tuesday I was on Pittsburgh’s WORD FM, a guest of John Hall and Kathy Emmons on their show “The Ride Home.” Actually it was my second time on the show, which was hugely flattering. Anyway, the day before I was on, a guest had raised a good bit of controversy when she talked about […]

Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Hedge of protection, name it and claim it, Prayer, psalm 91, psalms, sandy hook, Soldier's Prayer, Soldier's Psalm

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