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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

What Do You Hope For? Three Promises In Christ’s Resurrection

August 30, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Years ago, when I was a pastor, I stood with a family who had lost a loved one — a husband, father, and grandfather.  His widow, whom I’d not previously met, was overwhelmed. She hardly spoke in the week I saw her, so wracked she was by the pain of grief. It is hardly surprising. […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: afterlife, Catechism, empty tomb, Heidelberg, heidelberg catechism, hope, life after death, new life, resurrection, theology

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 […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Patheos

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