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We might even have a few American relatives of some of our families present. Ernie, are you coming? ;) No, but maybe the following Sunday. It was good to see you lecturing up front. Sorry you didn't notice me after the service when you made a beeline for the door. I talked to your brother so that w...

I do not think conservative Mennonite rates for this is really much less than the national averages. Many may wish it were not so, but many are afraid to speak out in such close and familiar settings. I don't think this is correct. How would we know? I've been involved at Youth Bible Schools and ha...

I think it's negative for our witness to the world if we demand strange ways to speak. Worldly people know what foul language is vs not foul language. But words like "kids" aren't in that. Ultimately, if we want to use language to separate ourselves, some Anabaptists (a majority in the US...

This video chronicles the 40 year history of what is now Homestead Heritage. http://www.homesteadheritage.com/videos/an-exodus/ It starts with a young family moving from Texas to a run down section of Manhattan to bring hope and the Gospel to these people. It goes on to tell the story of how God dir...

Neto wrote:I guess that I wouldn't use the term 'Godhead' myself (and certainly not 'Trinity' or 'God in Three Persons'), because I think it goes beyond Scripture.

I looked at how other translations use the word Godhead and they say "divine nature". So you make a good point here.

Only if they eventually come to ascribe to the same definitions for the terms they use, but I'm not sure that happens. Language is a tool to convey meaning, and it seems to me that if we do not ascribe the same meanings to the words we use, then we are not really communicating. Maybe it is due to i...

Of all the presentations one could view this season, I think it would be hard to find something that Jesus would be more pleased with than this one.
Enjoy.

Any discussion on the use of specific words and phrases presumes a prior agreement on the use of a specific translation. Are we using the vocabulary of the 1769 KJV, or something more recent? Maybe we should be conversing amongst ourselves in Greek and Hebrew if we want to be more rigorously script...

Northern Youth Programs has some booklets that I think have some thoughtful and helpful things to say. You can email them and request these booklets. Hosea, a Broken and Restored Marriage Rebuilding a Marriage - An Alternative to Divorce When Dad and Mom Don't Love Each Other A Time to Be Pure (Sex...

If the CAs want to convince the world of their position, they need to stop trying to build their case from a strictly exegetical standpoint, and rather make their case from a simple reading of scripture, coupled with a historical narrative of what it takes to build societies who intend to demonstra...