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Season: Season 4

Getting Ready to Share from Scripture

Episode

164

July 14, 2022

Verlon Miller

Whether, it’s a Sunday school lesson, topic, or sermon, teaching scripture can feel overwhelming. Verlon Miller gives helpful tools and pointers from years of preaching experience. Verlon calls us to diligence in study, whenever we have the…

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Tragedy in Church History: Responding to Your Questions

Episode

163

July 7, 2022

Jaran Miller

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

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Gaining and Sustaining a Vision for Church Planting

Episode

162

June 30, 2022

Allen Roth

Why do some church plants fail? How can an older church help start a new church? Allen Roth speaks from experience and observation. Church planting calls for much prayer, clear vision, and a whole lot of practical steps and hard…

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Negotiating with One’s Own Culture

Episode

161

June 23, 2022

Allen Roth

Allen Roth describes the challenge of operating with integrity and with respect for both the sending culture and receptor culture while engaged in cross-cultural…

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The Clarity of Scripture

Episode

160

June 16, 2022

Allen Roth

“How does one plant churches, teaching people to obey clear commands of Scripture that go in the opposite direction of many accepted norms of prevailing culture?” Allen Roth doesn’t stop with asking the difficult questions, but pushes us to be…

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Why We Started Anabaptist Perspectives and What We’ve Learned

Episode

159

June 9, 2022

Reagan Schrock

Our founders, Reagan and Jaran, tell the story of Anabaptist Perspectives from their perspective. Why they started, humor and encouragement along the way, and what keeps them excited five years in.  As they say in the episode we are especially…

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Monks, Nuns and the Church

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158

June 2, 2022

Stephen Russell

We should learn from monks and nuns. Monastics were responsible for the revival of agriculture, in addition to schools, libraries, and hospitals. These works of service accompanied their focus on the interior life and recovering personal wholeness.…

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The Feminine Cloud of Witnesses 

Episode

157

May 26, 2022

Kristi Mast

Kristi Mast highlights women, past and present, who have inspired her. As the conversation progresses, she highlights the power of reading scripture congregationally. Then she offers a brief review of egalitarian and complementarian ideologies in…

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The Inside-out Sandwich: The Bible and Commentaries

Episode

156

May 19, 2022

Marlin Sommers

Are commentaries cheating? Marlin emphasizes first hand direct engagement with the text of scripture. If used carefully, commentaries can actually help this process. Marlin also discusses free study resources and biblical language tools. This…

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Megachurches, Academia, and Christian Vitality

Episode

155

May 12, 2022

Vince Beiler

What does humility mean for studying the Bible? Can only the educated understand scripture? Vince and Roseanne respond to audience comments from Vince’s prior episodes with Anabaptist Perspectives. How can we grow in our understanding of…

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