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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

Role Models in Forgiveness

June 7, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

“Unforgivable!” That’s the cry when we are really hurting.  I suspect sometimes it means “I can’t forgive that quite yet.” However, sometimes it sounds more like we are working with a confused definition of forgiveness. When I hear people talking about forgiveness it often sounds like they are thinking “Forgiveness means the wound in our […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: definition of forgiveness, heidelberg catechism, Lord's Prayer, theology

Thy Will! No, No, MINE! No, THINE!

May 22, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 12 Comments

“It’s God’s will,” she said. “God told me this is what I am supposed to do.” I knew she wasn’t going to like it. I knew her and I knew what she was stepping into, and it was not a match. Fast forward two weeks. “It didn’t work out,” she said. Change of course. Back […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Catechism, God's will, Heidelberg, heidelberg catechism, Lord's Prayer

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