Grace and Truth vs. Grace or Truth

“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, but that humans tend to emphasize one at the expense of the other.” Chester Weaver tells of the…

What is the Anabaptist Vision?

Anabaptists easily outline high ideals. Living them is a continuing challenge which we need to embrace. Chester Weaver articulates a version of the Anabaptist Vision and the challenges to living it out. Chester adapts themes from Harold Bender’s…

Dualism and the Birth of Anabaptism 

We are tempted to divide life and exempt parts from Christ’s rule. Chester Weaver decry’s these various dualisms as deadly threats to Christian life. Unless profession and behavior come together, unless work and worship unite, unless our…

Salvation as Participating with God

Salvation is not a ticket to heaven, but the life of God planted in human hearts. The Holy Spirit brings us into God’s life and enables us to do His work in the world. Chester Weaver explains this through various paired ideas. “Truth walks on…

War Prayer by Mark Twain

Twain’s biting satire exposes the temptation to think God is on “our side” of a war. His insight into Christian hypocrisy and the perversions that come with tying religion to nationalist or imperial causes is well worth listening…

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Are Anabaptists Pacifists? 

Chester and Reagan discuss pacifism versus non-resistance and the fact that, as Christians, we will undoubtedly have…

Part 2 – Losing and Recovering Non-resistance in the Civil War Era

Many Mennonites fought in the Civil War. However, this development roused others to renew the teaching of non-resistance and led to the Mennonite publishing movement. In “Losing and Recovering Non-resistance in the Civil War Era,” Chester Weaver…

Part 1 – Why Did the German Mennonites Become Nazis?

“Why would the descendants of Swiss and Dutch Anabaptist martyrs identify themselves with one of the most evil regimes in human history? A very good question. The short answer: God has no grandchildren.” In “Why did the German Mennonites…

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Anabaptism vs Evangelicalism — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Episode 37

What is evangelicalism? Is Anabaptism another version of evangelicalism? In this partner episode, Chester Weaver shares personal insight and sheds some light on this listener-submitted…

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What in the World is Fundamentalism? — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Episode 36

Fundamentalism is a hermeneutic, a way of looking at the scriptures, a preoccupation with getting it right and checking all the right…