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How ironic that the church has needed the state to tell it not to get involved in the affairs of the state, and how sad that the non-enforcement of this law will result in churches getting more and more involved in politics, reinforcing the idea that the church will somehow further the Kingdom of G...

Widows pressured to marry again?? Within a culture that the man always instigates the courtship, what would it accomplish to pressure the widow? No, widows are not pressured to marry. I am beginning to wonder if things are being intentionally misunderstood. Why in the world would you think what I a...

I guess the lines between church and state are going to become more blurred? https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-order-makes-preachers-ecstatic-others-cringe-144835720.html Article text quoted below. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- President Donald Trump's order to ease limits on political activity by religious or...

Josh wrote:

RZehr wrote:Widows pressured to marry again?? Within a culture that the man always instigates the courtship, what would it accomplish to pressure the widow?

No, widows are not pressured to marry.

Interestingly, the Bible commands that they do.

That who do what?

Widows pressured to marry again?? Within a culture that the man always instigates the courtship, what would it accomplish to pressure the widow? No, widows are not pressured to marry. I am beginning to wonder if things are being intentionally misunderstood. Why in the world would you think what I a...

Okay, so I watched the first episode all the way through. For the most part everyone seemed to be interested in learning about the simple way of life. I did not agree about the statement that the bible says women are always to be covered. It said while praying or prophesying. I understand why many ...

Sudsy, Then why do you keep hanging out with the small percentage of Christians in the world who do have the "order" mindset if according to your view we are not following the NT model and have so many "cons" to our approach. Why not hang out with the 99.9% (who have received Je...

So video 2... First off, is it me or was there more from the girls than the boys this episode? The boys did not really ask any questions and just jumped in with the work. The girls however... Now, I will say when I first started going to an Anabaptist church I tended to just observe the relationship...

I was trying to zero in on what Jesus said is our main identifiers (good deeds and love for one another) but if you find that kind of questioning demoralising and exhausting, then I'm fine with you not wanting to discuss this further I think you're putting words in my mouth saying that I don't thin...

This, I think boils down to what is culturally accepted. For instance, I am not bothered by men in speedos or women in bikinis. If they came up to me with a bible tract and talked about Jesus I would probably listen to what they had to say. However, that is because in the mainstream culture I grew ...