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To me, the Magnificat is one example that shows Mary did not grasp the mission of Jesus.

It points to someone who would liberate Israel from its foreign military occupation. That's not what happened, and it is not what Jesus was called to.

They freely quoted from the OT and apocryphal books. There wasn’t a sharp distinction between two dispensations. I agree that they freely quoted from the OT and apocryphal books, and that they did not speak of dispensations. And the Old Testament was important to their reasoning. But they certainly...

We seem to rehash the same arguments over and over again. A very few people keep dragging the Catholic Church in, do we ever learn anything new when that happens? And the tone feels snippy to me when this happens, on both sides. So who is being edified? The silent readers. As far as it goes, do you...

I think we can learn from 1 Corinthians 10. We don't need to be comparing ourselves to Catholics, or congratulating ourselves on our understanding. And that really doesn't seem to bear a lot of fruit. This teaches a lot about how to be less worldly ... which brings us back to the topic of this thre...

I think we can learn from 1 Corinthians 10. We don't need to be comparing ourselves to Catholics, or congratulating ourselves on our understanding. And that really doesn't seem to bear a lot of fruit. 12 For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuri...

temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2026 12:43 pm This song has been running in my mind all week.
Sometimes with tears.

CeCe Winans - Goodness of God (Official Lyric Video) / -5min

I love that song.

Other than the vaping, I discussed these things with the various members doing these things and heard all manner of justifications, including citing that the Bible doesn’t say you can’t do these things; it actually being morally justified to do so; and concern I might be falling into “legalism”. Re...

The implication, of course, is that to be outwardly more conservative or traditionally "plain" is to have less worldliness and thus more Christlikeness; as if the cut of a man's suit, the amount of buttons on his shirt, or the difference between a knee-length skirt and an ankle-length ski...

barnhart wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:32 am There is a lot of wisdom in Matt's post. Many threads on mennonet would be reduced to several posts if there were no private or bespoke word definitions.

And only the Bible gets to define worldly. I don't. Nobody here does.

Here's a sobering example of a lack of leadership in a body of believers. Eli's sons were mishandling the sacrifices of the people. God's response to Eli was to put a curse on him and his sons. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and hono...