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justme wrote:why is making men's clothing an important part of "our life?"

Because otherwise we cede control to an industry and a group of people at complete odds with our values.

JimFoxvog wrote:Praying against a leader is an interesting question. Think of an extreme example, such a Hitler. I think I could faithfully pray for his conversion, and failing that, that his evil plans be thwarted.

Which also needs to be prayed for every US leader in my lifetime.

are there any conservative Mennonite news publications available to the public? i understand (?) there are conservative publications for Mennonites only (?) and, there are liberal Mennonite publications available to the public (?) There is the Plain News, which I hope stays in business. It does hav...

Ultimately we need sources run by people we can trust. I like Mennonite World Review since the editor is accessible, tries to be fair and balanced, and letters to the editor are published. I rarely see articles there with blatant falsehoods. They do their own reporting instead of just just copying a...

I like sli.mg and the people running it are dedicated to no ads, no censorship, and not taking up leftist-liberal causes like imgur has.

I picked 1. I would have picked 2, but "speaking prophetically" right now means attending BLM rallies, wearing a safety pin, and talking a lot about how bad Trump is. The reason I doubt this is for the Christian is simply because it is identical to what half of the world does with no basis...

We need a middle ground between easy-believeism where most baptised converts immediately fall away and a model of church membership that basically requires someone to be perfect before they can easy be baptised.

Jesus said "Judge not lest ye be judged". Also he said "do not swear". Swearing is against the teachings of Jesus. Affirmations are the same thing. To "Affirm" literally makes "more firm" your "yes' and "no". Jesus said "let your yes be ye...

I hope some day we restore the custom of making men's clothes like we do women's. It is an important part of our lives and something worth maintaining control over.

I'll leave out infant baptism from my list of concerns but I will add the grave sin of Jewish believers refusing to eat or go to church with Gentile believers. Those were very real issues the apostles - and Jesus' disciples (who sometimes were on the wrong side) - faced. I believe the early Anabapti...