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by mike
Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:45 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Where Did They Go?
Replies: 47
Views: 9284

Re: Where Did They Go?

Wade wrote:Regarding the birth rates:
Are people that are calling themselves conservative Anabaptist's restricting the amount of children they have with forms of birth control today?
New thread
by mike
Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:44 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Conservative Anabaptists and Birth Control
Replies: 116
Views: 13029

Conservative Anabaptists and Birth Control

Question from this thread Regarding the birth rates: Are people that are calling themselves conservative Anabaptist's restricting the amount of children they have with forms of birth control today? Absolutely. My guess is that the most common methods are what is called "natural family planning...
by mike
Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:17 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Where Did They Go?
Replies: 47
Views: 9284

Re: Where Did They Go?

If this doesn't get Edsel out of hiding, nothing will. An interesting topic OJ.
by mike
Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:21 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 106
Views: 12389

Re: What are you reading?

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates, as a family. Been awhile since I read it; a powerful book to read to children. True, too.
by mike
Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:46 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?
Replies: 175
Views: 20014

Re: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?

I really hope some of the people who posted regularly right up until the outage, but who aren't posting now, come back. The longer the MennoDiscuss.com site is just a dead page with no information, the more folks we are going to lose... Right. Hans has plenty of time to post and comment on Facebook...
by mike
Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Ken Miller - http://millercase.org/
Replies: 49
Views: 8747

Re: Ken Miller - http://millercase.org/

i'm happy they found http://www.continuetogive.com i've read, this (faith-based) site has lower costs and better terms for those in need (than other sites.) but i do not know a lot about it. interesting that it's a .com site, not .org. i'm sure there are reasons. i wish i could not believe the U.S....
by mike
Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:39 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Ken Miller - http://millercase.org/
Replies: 49
Views: 8747

Re: Ken Miller - http://millercase.org/

I just saw this, a way to help the Timo Miller family . The bolded part of the story below was news to me and explains why Timo was held in prison in Nicaragua with no explanation ever given as to why he was being held. It is deeply frustrating and saddening to learn this. I encourage everyone who i...
by mike
Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:40 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Church leadership: term limits
Replies: 70
Views: 14714

Re: Church leadership: term limits

I'm sorry, I was thinking out loud with that point, not meaning to imply that you were.
by mike
Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:46 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Church leadership: term limits
Replies: 70
Views: 14714

Re: Church leadership: term limits

Whether the appointment is for life or not, how are the candidates for ordination selected? Election may still be used. Even in the event of use of the lot are not the candidates selected by some sense of the voice of the congregation? More to the point is what system of accountability is in effect...
by mike
Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:38 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?
Replies: 175
Views: 20014

Re: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?

justme wrote:
Robert wrote:I spend DAYS and DAYS removing all the bot and spam accounts on MD. There were thousands, no exaggeration. I don't want to have to do the same here.
i remember those days.
not something that i regret from md!
That's amazing. I had no idea.