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Nutrition & Danger on the Internet! – Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 42

Do we eat the “soup with glass”? Are all wheels evil? How can we set up guardrails while safely navigating the “city streets” of the internet? One listener shared their concerns in response to the episode “Why Do Some Mennonites Use Only Half the…

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Social Media is Evil!? – Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 41

Myron Eby and Marlin Sommers discuss their personal views on social media as well as share some basic advice on how to interact with social media in healthy ways. “We do well as parents to model appropriate use of technology as tools for our…

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Missions and Stagnation in the Last 60 years — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 40

Reagan, Jaran, and Marlin push back on the claims of Anabaptist stagnation. We do acknowledge some stagnation in our circles, and discuss what we see as the losses that came with the parting of ways between conservative and mainline Mennonites in…

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Finding Friendship Is Hard — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 39

One listener named Victor shared how he struggled to find close friendships, even after attending a new church for several years. Often it is easy to be friendly on Sundays at church and to not stay connected as believers throughout the week. In…

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Would We All Be Muslims?! — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 38

Paul writes: “The problem is that if medieval westerners were Anabaptists, we would all be Muslims. Marlin (and Jaran and Reagan) beg to differ.  What could history have looked like if all medieval Europeans had embraced Jesus’…

Public Policy and Immigration

Should Christians “own” all of church history? How do evil things done by those who take the name of Christ relate to us?  How does one become Mennonite? What if I want to be Anabaptist but there is no congregation near me? Jaran, Marlin, and…

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Glimpsing the Difficulties of Living Homeless

This is a bonus clip from  Episode 154. What did a team of four students learn when they spent several days (and nights) on the streets of…

Our Experience Among the Homeless

What did a team of four students learn when they spent several days (and nights) on the streets of Dallas? Their goal was to hear from people experiencing homelessness and get a small taste of that Homelessness directly affects about 580,000…

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Why Christian Schools?

How and why did the Christian school movement start? Although it had a rocky beginning and often inadequate vision, this movement provides an opportunity that we should take full advantage of while we have it. “Our teaching should not spare…

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Why No Mennonite Church? Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Episode 23

What should I do if there is no Anabaptist congregation near me? Why are there not Mennonite churches in more places, especially cities? These are common questions from our audience. We took them to Allen Roth who not only gives an explanation but…