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And troublingly, this seems to be the case with some plain and non-plain mennos in my area... I'm especially worried about the Amish... I'm observing from the sidelines, don't have close family connections, etc but it seems there's a strong leaning towards a certain political party that 'looks' chr...

What establishes authority and how does one get it? Perhaps the authority to be desired isn't positional, political, or even ecclesiological. Perhaps it is like Jesus' was. An authority not like the scribes (that is those with positional, political and ecclesiological authority). Instead his author...

Allies, for starters. How many of the US’s traditional allies that helped the US during its post-9/11 “War on Terror” are helping Trump now with Iran? Considering how poorly the "War on Terror" was conducted, I don't think anything about how it was done then is a very good guide on how to...

And troublingly, this seems to be the case with some plain and non-plain mennos in my area... I'm especially worried about the Amish... I'm observing from the sidelines, don't have close family connections, etc but it seems there's a strong leaning towards a certain political party that 'looks' chr...

I’m not elevating them above Jesus, but Jesus did not condemn being a soldier. You say “some” but you have to admit “most” Christians do not interpret Jesus to condemn serving your country as your “job” ... But does killing foreigners really serve one's country? As one who lives in the USA, I don't...

What is your attitude towards someone who apostasies from your church? Betrayal? Sadness? Happy? Specifically an apostate who was born and raised in the setting. Im curious to know When someone falls away from the true faith, I feel a deep burden for the lost soul. When it happens in my own congreg...

A friend recently said that he thinks there has been a collapse of respect of authority. The context was the authority of the church, the Mennonite church in particular. I have been rolling around some questions. Has there been a collapse of respect for authority in the Mennonite church? Yes, at le...

What a leader says and does matters. Whatever might be happening behind the scenes, Trump’s behavior in public isn’t coherent and it’s undermining his credibility. Undermining his credibility with whom? You? He isn't doing this to win over people who have been opposed to him since day #1 and will a...

Szdfan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:38 am Is this what winning a war looks like?

Are you upset about the U.S. government extending a ceasefire?

Do you want to see a resumption of hostilities, or something?

What exactly do you want?

Thankfully this gov/movement hasn't entirely rid itself of experts at least in lower levels, but it certainly seems zealous to do so at the upper levels. It seems to me that it has been a long time since the US had experts (not self proclaimed experts) at upper levels. Ever since TV and maybe radio...