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 Scripture? Do we need to have an answer for every question?
"Systems were made for man, and not man for systems" In this bonus clip Stephen Russell gives some commentary on the efforts of the Social Credit Party in Canada to pursue distributivist goals. This clip also includes discussion of basic philosophical approach of distributivists and adds interesting perspective to Stephen's episode "How Should We Then Money?"
A listener asks, "What really is God's name?" Does it matter if we refer to God as Yahweh or Jehovah? Do we need to use the divine name or can we just use titles like God or Lord? Marlin fills in a little biblical backstory and argues that using God's name is helpful, but not strictly necessary.
What does Scripture have to say about loaning money at interest? Do Old Testament prohibitions apply to us? How does collecting interest fit with working with our own hands and being productive?
Stephen Russell gives us glimpses into how the church has thought about this over the last two millenia, and how Christian thinking changed as economic systems changed. Stephen calls us to see God’s heart as revealed in the Old Testament year of Jubilee.
Recommended Resource: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2011/catholics-and-usury-a-tragic-history
“I don’t have any experience living in a kingdom.” Kai Steinman explains why he connects more personally with the imagery of Christ as head rather than Christ as King. (Though he very much agrees that we should talk about the Kingdom.)
Anabaptists like to say that they as Christians should avoid politics, or that Christianity is not political. So a lot of people might wonder what the point could be to studying political philosophy. This is mainly a discussion of Rebekah and Marlin's respective experiences studying political philosophy.
In this episode, Cliff Schrock from Sharon Mennonite Bible Institute talks about apologetics and some of the big questions of life. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? Cliff also explores the purpose and necessity of studying apologetics and how we can practically apply these things to our day-to-day lives.
In this episode, Elijah Yoder explores how Christians need to live during changing times. How do we pass our faith on to the next generation? How do principles affect practice? Should practices change as the world changes? Follow along as Elijah gives thoughtful insight to these questions.
Welcome to the first episode of Anabaptist Perspectives! In this episode, Dean Taylor describes his view on what makes up the core of Anabaptist beliefs. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.