An Anabaptist Microcosm in Costa Rica
John Roth shares an experience from his time in Costa Rica where he stumbled upon a community of people living out Anabaptist traditions
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Are there no “Kingdom Christians” of color?
Marlin and Reagan respond to a listener who wonders why there doesn’t seem to be many “Kingdom Christians” of color.
The Rationale for Our Mission Statement
Marlin and Reagan walk through the key points of our new mission statement and illustrate it with examples from content we have published and int…
Usury? Do Anabaptists Still Reject It?
Should we make money with money? In this episode we respond to John Smith’s question: “What’s the current Anabaptist perspective on usury? From …
Will the Earth Be Obliterated? – Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Ep. 44
Marlin Sommers
Behind the Scenes of Episode Production
From the initial idea brainstorming to the episode recording to the final audio/video editing, Myron Eby walks us through his perspective in hel…
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? On…
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…
Post-episode Conversation with John Roth
John Roth comments on the difficulties and rewards of collaborating on the Anabaptist Community Bible (and on collaborating across the Mennonite …
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…
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 eas…
What Anabaptists Received from Catholics and Protestants
John Roth discusses the relationship between remembering Anabaptists and not being arrogant, but remembering our debts to Catholics and Protestan…
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. …
Are Anabaptists Pacifists?
Chester and Reagan discuss pacifism versus non-resistance and the fact that, as Christians, we will undoubtedly have enemies.
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 shed…
What in the World is Fundamentalism? — Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Episode 36
Ernest Eby
Anabaptists Need to Learn Their History!
Ernest Eby
More on Mennonite Nazis – Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything Episode 35
Valerie Miller
Kingdom Books and Notes on Biblical Studies
Marlin asked Paul Lamicela a few bonus questions before we tackled two episodes for our main podcast. What’s your favorite book related to the Ne…
Gnostics! Knowing, Bodies, Souls, and Spirits
A commenter on YouTube has repeatedly exhorted us toward gnosticism. Reagan, Kyle, and Marlin respond with a discussion of the conflict between g…
More Questions About Going to College
Are some tracks of study harmful to the Christian faith? Does a college education cut you off from your home community? Should we be able to conn…
Chainsaws and the Life of the Mind – Ask Anabaptist Perspectives Anything – Episode 32
Can the farmer or carpenter have intellectual interests? Absolutely! Kyle Stoltzfus and Marlin Sommers dive into the relationships between reflec…
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 Dallas…
“Plain” Dress and the “Save Me Gospel”
John’s comments about why he wears clothes that identify him with conservative Anabaptists take a new turn when the words “salvation issue” enter…