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by MattY
Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Replies: 17
Views: 521

Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology

When was this? 1559 I believe, as a result of the Strasbourg conference of 1557. See here under (3): https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Strasbourg_Conferences Peter Hoover wrote about it in The Secret of the Strength. Also see this book "Later Writings of the Swiss Anabaptists" (page 23 of...
by MattY
Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: AP Video: How to Read Revelation & Avoid the Mark of the Beast
Replies: 38
Views: 1037

Re: AP Video: How to Read Revelation & Avoid the Mark of the Beast

As someone who takes the futurist interpretation, I may not be the right audience to judge the video. And let me preface this right now: Whatever your interpretation of Revelation, that's a secondary or tertiary (third) matter. There are a lot more important things. But Anabaptist Perspectives and P...
by MattY
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Replies: 17
Views: 521

Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology

Menno even excommunicated the Swiss Brethren for not accepting his strict views on excommunication. When was this? 1559 I believe, as a result of the Strasbourg conference of 1557. See here under (3): https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Strasbourg_Conferences Peter Hoover wrote about it in The Secret...
by MattY
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Replies: 17
Views: 521

Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology

Assurance of salvation and Reformed/Baptist style “eternal security” aren’t really the same thing at all. Agreed. (Reformed "perseverance of the saints" isn't really the same as Baptist "once saved always saved" either, but without proper teaching by Reformed leaders, it can be ...
by MattY
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Replies: 17
Views: 521

Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology

Menno even excommunicated the Swiss Brethren for not accepting his strict views on excommunication. MattY, I just want to say that thus sentence made me laugh out loud. Luther also "excommunicated" Zwingli and the reformed church in Geneva because they couldn't agree on the metaphysics at...
by MattY
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Governance Differences between Mennonite Brethren and Swiss Brethren?
Replies: 5
Views: 248

Re: Governance Differences between Mennonite Brethren and Swiss Brethren?

Neto brought up intriguing information in another thread: Another major difference is that the church governance in at least the MB conference is markedly different than that of any Swiss Brethren background congregation to which I have been exposed (admittedly, almost entirely Beach Amish-Mennonit...
by MattY
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Replies: 17
Views: 521

The Danger of Reactionary Theology

I listened to this podcast episode recently, part of the History of the Christian Church podcast series by Lance Ralston. He talked about Pietism, with some interesting comments about where Pietists went too far. It goes along with what I have been thinking lately about the danger of reactionary the...
by MattY
Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Preparation for Baptism
Replies: 52
Views: 1466

Re: Preparation for Baptism

It seems to me that the *description* of early church baptisms in the book of Acts - both Jew and Gentile - is that they were baptized immediately upon confession of faith. But there is no *prescription* for either immediate baptism or a time of preparation/instruction prior to baptism, which, accor...
by MattY
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: God did not want it!
Replies: 8
Views: 400

Re: God did not want it!

Too much is being made of types and shadows here. You can't just take one verse and build an entire theology off of it. That usually results in taking the verse out of context. Hebrews 10:5-7 is a quote from Psalm 40:6-8. The writer of Hebrews is quoting the Greek Septuagint. It's not the original H...
by MattY
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Tech Frustration
Replies: 15
Views: 648

Tech Frustration

Does MennoNet log you out frequently for no reason? Have you ever typed up an entire comment, multiple paragraphs, etc., and hit "Preview" only for MennoNet to demand that you log in? And after you do, everything you typed has disappeared and can't be recovered, including by trying to go b...