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Guest Post at Chad R. Allen’s Place: “5 Ways to Take Your Writing to the Next Level”

September 17, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

I am thrilled and honored to have a guest post today on Chad R. Allen’s blog! Those of you who connect with me through Facebook (have I mentioned how much I’d love it if the rest of you would like my Facebook page?) will probably know that last January Chad R. Allen, editorial director of Baker […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chad R. Allen, community, guest post, writing

Book Giveaway! #KneelingWithGiants (Closed — Sorry!)

September 13, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 21 Comments

(This book giveaway is not closed. Details can be found here.) In honor of passing 7000 page views on my blog just now, I’m kicking off my second book giveaway! I’ll be giving one free copy of Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (InterVarsity Press, 2012), to someone who leaves a […]

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Resurrection of the Body: This Is Not Your Culture’s Afterlife

September 12, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

Our culture goes two opposite directions on life after death. Both are a long way from Christian faith and hope. On the one hand we have sentimental universalism. It can be the soft-focus flowers and clouds of greeting card theology, trying to comfort the grieving. It can be stories of near death experiences in the […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Catechism, Heaven, Heidelberg, hope, Jesus, resurrection, zombie apocalypse, Zombies

Online Class, “Prayer for Pastors” Approaches…

September 5, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

UPDATE: This class is now over, but if you click the button I’ll let you know when I offer another one. [maxbutton id=”3″] My five-week online continuing education class “Prayer for Pastors” begins on September 16! I hope you will join me for a practical exploration of classic approaches to prayer that can sustain your […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: continuing education, Kneeling with Giants, Online education, Pastors, Prayer, Spiritual direction

John Wesley’s “Plain, Old Christianity,” or “The Marks of a True Methodist”

September 4, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

I recently posted on John Wesley’s “Basic Christianity,” looking at the rock-bottom standards he insisted on for members of the early Methodist movement. True enough, Wesley’s baseline was to avoid obvious sin, do a lot of good, and practice basic Christian spiritual disciplines. However, Wesley was very clear that toeing the mark on these things […]

Filed Under: Community, Wesley Tagged With: Holiness, Ideals, John Wesley, Methodism

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