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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Ephesians 5:11-12 I would say this text would apply more to us under the New Covenant. Speak up and say what is sin but one doesn'...

I think no answers to this thread for 24 hours pretty well settles whether Mennos really do have a problem knowing how to discuss shameful sexual sin. So let us not pretend there. Rather, let's try to figure out how to remediate our fault and discuss it frankly, yet without being totally icky. And F...

Why do people treat homosexual urges as something in a separate class from heterosexual urges? No one is asking if a married man is "healed" from the urge to look at women besides his wife once he decides to marry! Both are wrong. I am not going to limit God; a person might be delivered fr...

Formal education is unnecessary unless one trains for an occupation that requires it. Many people benefit from formal education, but many more learn as well or better in alternative settings. I went to public school, nursing school, and have a recent bachelor's degree, but I have learned much more o...

Recently there was an article in the local newspaper about stress in todays society versus that of past generations. This got me pondering that subject and I would love to start a discussion about it, with the input of Christian people. Mental health has always been a "dark" subject for t...

One helpful thing for us when we began dressing like the church tradition was other women and girls offering to help us sew.

The very plainest clothing can end up violating Scriptural standards if the wearer's heart isn't modest and simple. I remember my oldest daughter's dismay over clothing conversations she heard while away for the first time at a nearby winter Bible school. The dress regulations were so strict, includ...

It is possible someone would have talked to my SS brother above privately. I should not assume all were ok with it. But this reminds me, and since I started the thread, I guess I can hijack it... :lol: Most people in my congregation would feel wives should do whatever a husband asks unless it is sin...

My BIL is nice, guys. He is a Christian. He isn't really controlling over things that truly matter, just dumb stuff, like flour, which is why I used it for an illustration of idiocy. It is just kind of an OCD thing for him in the kitchen. It would still drive me nuts to be married to him, but his wi...

By today's standards it was not very public. It was rumoured about and discussed behind closed doors but to my knowledge it was never dealt with publicly. I may be wrong about that. I remember hearing one leader back in the day tell me with a degree of sadness and maybe a bit of disgust in his voic...