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I think when we are unwilling to discuss our Skeletons with anyone it means the Gospel still has to penetrate deeper into our reality. I do not say this lightly, because sin causes great pain. But if the truth of the Gospel can't go to the very deepest places of our brokeness, its worthless. The Law...

North American conservative Anabaptists are also influenced by American culture. But due to our conservatism, particularly in social issues, we are decades behind broader society. We tend to take a wait and see approach, something looking good on paper, might need to be proven a generation or so be...

Ok, I think I've moved the cultural background info over. There is a lot that could be discussed about it and probably added. But I want it here primarily to give us a context for understanding how sexual issues have been historically dealt with. What I would like to look at, is what are ways Conser...

I also made this point and I think it is a good clue to how CA culture theoretically works. 4. Anabaptist culture holds a suffering theology. What does that mean and how does that affect how they think? What Anderson says here is what I had in mind when I made this my fourth point. The redemptive co...

Josh pointed out this summary if Cory's paper. In answer to “what,” the plain Anabaptists embody three human dimensions: they are a religion, an ethnicity, and a social system. The plain Anabaptists are thus an ethnoreligious society. Each of these domains has been further theorized, but unevenly an...

RZehr had some good thoughts. Good questions. Since I'm more comfortable going of half cocked, I'll take a quick stab at these instead of sleeping on it like steve. 1. Anabaptist culture is conservative. What is it conserving? Faith 2. Anabaptist culture is traditional. What traditions does it value...

I had posted these points before I read the Cory Anderson paper. The points are certainly more simplistic than Cory's careful analysis, but I think they can be useful in the context of discussion. 1. Anabaptist culture is conservative. What is it conserving? 2. Anabaptist culture is traditional. Wha...

Mrs.Nisly wrote: Thank you mercysfree and Judas Maccabeus, I think you have some good perspectives. Intentionality is a part of Anabaptist culture as well. I think Cory Anderson talks a little about this in his paper. As he see it, its part rational, part "folk culture" as he calls it. I ...

Thank you mercysfree and Judas Maccabeus, I think you have some good perspectives. Intentionality is a part of Anabaptist culture as well. I think Cory Anderson talks a little about this in his paper. As he see it, its part rational, part "folk culture" as he calls it. I would like to mov...

Thank you mercysfree and Judas Maccabeus, I think you have some good perspectives. Intentionality is a part of Anabaptist culture as well. I think Cory Anderson talks a little about this in his paper. As he see it, its part rational, part "folk culture" as he calls it. I would like to move...