The American Mennonite Story, 1730-1930
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Calvinism, Unconditional Election & Free Will – Romans 9
David Bercot
Voting, Promoting the Apocrypha, and Anabaptist Persecutors
Marlin and Jaran respond to questions from our audience about voting, our choice to promote reading the Apocrypha, and persecutors of the Anabapt…
Why We’ve Misunderstood the Book of Romans Since 430 A.D.
David Bercot
Frequency and Significance of Communion
Marlin and Jaran respond to the question, “Is it common practice for Anabaptist to have the Eucharist every Sunday?” They discuss Anabaptist hist…
Conrad Grebel: Partier & Rising Star to Hunted Radical
John Ruth
Mennonites in Hitler’s & America’s Wars
In this bonus conversation, Reagan and John L. Ruth discuss Mennonite involvement in the Nazi system and in America’s wars. We look forward to r…
In Guns We Trust
David Bercot
Islam and the Birth of Christian “Just War”
Stephen Russell
What Happened to the Church in the Middle East?
Lucas Hilty
The Forgotten Eastward Spread of the Gospel
Lucas Hilty
Do Anabaptists Affirm the Creeds?
Reagan Schrock and Jaran Miller engage with this question we received from Travis, who asked: “Which early church creeds can Anabaptists affirm?”
The Trinity, the Early Church, and Contemporary Critics
David Bercot
I Became an Anglican Priest. Here’s Why I Left.
David Bercot
Is Christianity to Blame for Colonialism?
Marlin and Reagan respond to this question from Brian: “In episode 174 [Kai Steinman] quoted people from the colonial and some from the more mode…
Why Anabaptists Don’t Have Priests
David Derstine
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
Emphases in Anabaptist Views of Church
Chester Weaver
What is the Anabaptist Vision?
Chester Weaver
Dualism and the Birth of Anabaptism
Chester Weaver
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 …
Should We Celebrate Anabaptist Beginnings?
John Roth
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. …