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December 2, 2023
Milo Zehr
How can we have a joyful, confident relationship with God amidst suffering and the threats of shame, guilt, and condemnation? In this essay, based on…
November 4, 2023
Marlin Sommers
“What is Jesus’ sacrificial kingdom? Foundationally, our king established his reign through his sacrifice. Crucially, his sacrifice shows us how…
October 7, 2023
David Derstine
We don’t have special priests because all believers are called to be priests. David Derstine notes that “one of the most important keys to finding…
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…
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…
July 1, 2023
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…
June 6, 2023
Ryan Grove
If we are cultivating and valuing friendship with folks from different cultures and even religions, then our children will view this as normal. In…
May 6, 2023
“Grace means unmerited favor and truth means that which is right. The human problem with grace and truth is not that the words remain mysterious,…
April 1, 2023
It’s not our job to create unity! In this essay, Marlin Sommers argues we must understand unity as something God already did. Our job is to walk out…
March 4, 2023
Jaran Miller
“So you’re a Mennonite! Do you have a garden?”……“Why do the women wear bonnets?”……“If I decide to join your church, could I keep…
February 4, 2023
Robin Wolfer
In “Directing God’s Resources as a Homemaker,” Robin Wolfer urges women to see the management of whatever space God has entrusted to them as a…
January 14, 2023
Forgiving doesn’t mean downplaying wrong. True forgiveness is a powerful response to wrong that calls sin what it is, and often involves…
December 17, 2022
Many Mennonites fought in the Civil War. However, this development roused others to renew the teaching of non-resistance and led to the Mennonite…
December 3, 2022
“Why would the descendants of Swiss and Dutch Anabaptist martyrs identify themselves with one of the most evil regimes in human history? A very…
November 5, 2022
Mike Atnip
The Ukraine War vividly shows the power of nationalist ideologies. In this long form essay “Nationalism and Christianity,” Mike Atnip argues that…
October 8, 2022
How does the concept of sowing and reaping fit with the gospel? The gospel disrupts sowing and reaping; the path to death is interrupted by rebirth…
September 3, 2022
Samantha (Trenkamp) Bender
Cremation of the body after death is becoming more and more popular among Christians and non-believers alike. Two reasons given for cremation…
August 6, 2022
Reagan Schrock
When I read the New Testament, I am struck by what great lengths the early church went to in order to reach the world with the Gospel. Not only were…
July 2, 2022
Modesty is a lightning rod word. In “Money Modesty and Body Modesty” Marlin Sommers pulls together some familiar threads and some neglected…
June 4, 2022
When my father discovered that Marvin was an attorney, he said in his typically blunt manner, “I hear that attorneys do not always tell the…
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