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Suffering, Growth, and Resurrection

Episode

196

September 21, 2023

Dale Eby

Suffering, from a worldly perspective, is meaningless. Dale Eby walks us through perspectives on suffering and redemption while acknowledging the hard realities that we don’t know how to respond to. What is the cause of suffering? How does God use…

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Why the Church Educates

Episode

195

September 7, 2023

Paul Emerson

Paul Emerson urges us to educate for eternity. Since all wisdom and knowledge come from Christ, education is ultimately Christology.…

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Suffering Love is the Engine of the Kingdom of God

September 2, 2023

Chester Weaver

Suffering love propelled the work of Christ through the ages. Chester Weaver shares historical examples from Jesus’ sacrificial kingdom and challenges us to participate in that ageless burning engine.…

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“The Earth Is the Lord’s” in Global Anabaptism

Episode

194

August 24, 2023

John Roth

From the beginning, the phrase “The Earth Is the Lord’s” seized the imagination of Anabaptists. John Roth unpacks the powerful resonances of this phrase in the 16th century and calls us to see its contemporary significance for the global…

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Should Churches Build a Culture?

Episode

193

August 10, 2023

Melvin Lehman

In this episode Melvin argues that the New Testament calls churches to proactively create culture.…

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Noun Doctrines and Verb Doctrines

August 5, 2023

Dan Ziegler

“It is through the ‘verb doctrines’ that the poor are fed, the naked are clothed, the cheek is turned, the extra mile is walked, the good news is preached.” In this essay Dan Ziegler explains the temptation to take the great “noun…

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Growing into Spiritual Maturity

Episode

192

July 27, 2023

Chester Weaver

Freedom comes from mature integrity. Chester Weaver explains we can only relate well to others when we are honest with ourselves, others, and God and guided by God’s Spirit.…

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What Kind of Community Do We Need?

Episode

191

July 13, 2023

Melvin Lehman

What kind of community should Christians cultivate? Melvin Lehman argues that particular Christian communities should be shaped by shared values, shared geography, shared goals, and shared commitments. This includes submitting to brotherhood…

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Why Work? Work as Knowing

July 1, 2023

Marlin Sommers

Why do we work? Is work only a means to meet needs? Marlin Sommers makes the philosophical argument that our work is also part of how we know God and his creation. This includes knowing other people and their human creations as well.…

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Fostering Faith While Honoring Questions

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190

June 29, 2023

Daniel Yoder

Questions and doubts should spur us to dig deeper in the appropriate areas, be our struggle factual, philosophical, emotional or volitional. Daniel gives practical encouragement for each dimension of doubt.…

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