Rev. Morgan Byars
To Make All Things New (Lenten Series Part 5)
Do not remember the former things or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Mar 21, 20234 min
Jesus as Our Example (Lenten Series Part 4)
Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Mar 15, 20234 min
Jesus as Our Satisfaction (Lenten Series Part 3)
If it be necessary, therefore, as it appears, that the heavenly kingdom be made up of men, and this cannot be effected unless the...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Mar 7, 20233 min
Jesus as Our Ransom (Lenten Series Part 2)
So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Feb 28, 20232 min
What Happened on the Cross? (Lenten Series Part 1)
I know, that’s a big question. And because it is such a big question we’re going to take our time with it, using this Lenten season to go...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Feb 7, 20232 min
Wrapping Up the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” - Revelation 21:5 Over the past 4 weeks I have written...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Jan 31, 20234 min
Experience (The Wesleyan Quadrilateral Part 4)
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Jan 24, 20233 min
Reason (The Wesleyan Quadrilateral Part 3)
I accordingly gave each [work] a title, that the first might be known as, An Example of Meditation on the Grounds of Faith, and its...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Jan 17, 20233 min
Tradition (The Wesleyan Quadrilateral Part 2)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Jan 10, 20233 min
Scripture (The Wesleyan Quadrilateral Part 1)
“Wesley believed that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, vivified in personal...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Jan 3, 20232 min
How Have Methodists Read Scripture?
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that y’all have had a wonderful holiday season. As we enter this new year together I thought it would be...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Dec 20, 20223 min
Jesus as Fully Human (Advent Part 4)
Last week we explored the implications of Jesus being fully God and its nature as good news. In particular, we looked at how God’s full...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Dec 13, 20223 min
Jesus as Fully God (Advent Part 3)
If you’ve stuck with this blog for the past couple of weeks, then you’ll probably be glad to hear that we’re out of the woods concerning...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Dec 6, 20223 min
Emmanuel, God with Us (Advent Part 2)
In the first chapter of his gospel, Matthew links the birth of Jesus to a prophecy first given in Isaiah 7:14: “Look, the virgin shall...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Nov 28, 20223 min
Mary, Mother of... Well, it's Complicated (Advent Part 1)
The picture included in this week's post is a print that my wife Anna made earlier this year depicting Mary with Jesus wrapped around her...
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Rev. Morgan Byars
Nov 22, 20221 min
The Blog is Back!
The Mt. Hebron blog is back! I have found writing to be an edifying and rejuvenating spiritual discipline for me throughout the last 7 or...
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RevDrGeraldWatford
Feb 3, 20222 min
the greatest of these is LOVE
The Battle of Maldon is a tenth century Anglo-Saxon poem. English warriors have fought the good fight but the battle is lost. The...
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RevDrGeraldWatford
Jan 13, 20222 min
What Shapes You?
When we live a life shaped by rejecting uncomfortable commitments we end up vulnerable to a life shaped by destructive distractions....
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RevDrGeraldWatford
Jan 7, 20222 min
Don't Park in Your Pain
A group of ninety-five year-olds was asked what they would do differently if they could go back and do it all again. Their top three...
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RevDrGeraldWatford
Dec 17, 20212 min
Grow
“A man grows with the greatness of his task.” That is a line from the movie Assassin’s Creed. It may be a line of dialogue from a movie...
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