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Elections: I Samuel 8 (revised)

1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his

David E. Ortman

February 6, 2020

How would Jesus impeach?

“If an offender refuses to hear you, then tell it to the ekklesia (the assembly). If he will not hear the ekklesia, then you must

Harvey Yoder

February 4, 2020

Look, these are God rocks

The conversation went something like this: Look at these stones, my children. These are God rocks. Because, you see, Yahweh God held back the waters

Carol Duerksen

February 3, 2020

What if we never tried to set up a church?

I had a call from Santiago, Bolivia, a couple of evenings ago. We talked about current politics in Bolivia, after the tumultuous public upheaval following

Abe Janzen

January 27, 2020

An evaluation of the Anabaptist doctrine of nonconformity

There’s a weird Anabaptist doctrine I don’t think many millennials understand. It might be one of the biggest obstacles for new believers, and the final

Asher Witmer

January 22, 2020

The temptation of political power

Of the brutal Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have commented: “He may be a bastard, but he’s our bastard.”

Tim Huber

January 20, 2020

Can we beat our addiction to war?

The U.S. military strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s military force, has raised questions in the minds of many Americans about what

Ben Wideman

January 17, 2020

Understanding and responding to Middle East anger

A defining moment for me in understanding the Middle East was the four nights of bombing I endured as a humanitarian worker in Baghdad in

Mel Lehman

January 15, 2020

It hinges on a hyphen

Let me be honest with you: I don’t want my kids to be evangelical Christians when they grow up. It was only recently, in one

Paul Cumin

January 13, 2020

Pacifism in church history

There is not a single extant Christian author before Constantine (in the fourth century) who said killing or joining the military by Christians is ever

Ronald J. Sider

January 9, 2020

Clothes and wounds

Often when I revisit a familiar biblical story, something new emerges. Sometimes that new thing is a simple truth, other times it’s a detail that

Dorothy Nickel Friesen

January 6, 2020

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