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Spring is my favorite time of the year. Everything is new. Hyacinths are trying their noble best to poke their buds through the cold constraint of the winter-bound earth. Migrating waterfowl bring new sounds as they honk…
Our spiritual forefathers had much to say on the many issues facing the American Mennonite church in their time, and we can still learn from the collected writings of these church leaders and brethren. We will look first…
The glory of the spring, how sweet! The newborn life, how glad! What joy the happy earth to greet In new, bright raiment clad! Divine Redeemer, Thee I bless; I greet Thy going forth; I love Thee in the loveliness Of Thy…
“Adrianna, what’s the temperature outside?” asked Asher. He and Adrianna were sitting at the table doing school with their siblings Emily and Kianna. “Probably about 50.” Adrianna glanced lazily at the thermometer. “Hey,…
Morals have to do with right and wrong behavior. Purity is being free from moral fault or guilt, marked by chastity, which is personal integrity. Purity contains nothing that does not properly belong there. As the title…
The winter of 1882 unfolded in the small southern town of Tuscumbia, Alabama. A happy, normal two-year-old girl fell desperately ill with a strange fever. The fever came and went, came and went, and came again. The…
Part 1 For Alice, life is exasperating. Each day feels like an endless grind. She loves her family, but in her heart, she questions if what she is working so hard to accomplish makes any difference at all. She didn’t…
A wonderful thing about being a Christian is anticipating the day when we feast our eyes on the magnificent beauty of our God. Quite likely, we have all created mental pictures of what we think God might look like,…
It's incredible to me to see how God uses His people throughout history to bring glory to His name. He uses the weak things to confound the wise; the base things to bring to nothing the wisdom of earthly wise men. God…
January 21, 1525, was the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism. Five hundred years ago, a monumental event in the history of the Christian church occurred. A small group of radical Christians quietly gathered in the home of…
What do we think about when we think of the term ‘church’? We live in a day when there are many and varied churches. If one church doesn’t suit you, there are others to choose from. While some churches encourage their…
City of God, how broad and far outspread thy walls sublime! The true thy chartered freemen are of every age and clime: One holy church, one army strong, one steadfast, high intent; one working band, one harvest-song, one…
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter (John 10:22). As the maddening winds howl about him, man turns his collar to the cold and damp. Little praise arises for the season that greets him…
'Tis winter now; the fallen snow has left the heavens all coldly clear; through leafless boughs, the sharp winds blow, and all the earth lies dead and drear. And yet God's love is not withdrawn; his life within the keen…
The people we commonly refer to as the Russian Mennonites came into being as a group in a way quite similar to that of us with an Anabaptist heritage. We sprang from the same areas of Europe, from much of the same…
Dirk scanned the sanctuary, trying to be discreet and yet utterly failing as he twisted and turned in his seat. He was intent on locating Brother Silas before the service began. Every Sunday morning, he would crane his…
A Christ-centered Courtship is a series of messages on godly courtship preached by Paul Hershberger. He preached these messages several times at different locations over the last ten years. Recently, we had them…
“So, what brings you in today?” I asked Ben, a 40-year-old man who was sitting across from me. “Well,” he answered. “I have a few different symptoms. The biggest one is that I am always tired, but I’ve also been gaining…
A few years ago, I was wallowing in emotional and physical burnout, trying to adjust to life outside of the African village we had called home for eight years. Depression and fear were a regular part of my life. As I…
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath…
Autumn. That time of year when it seems that all of creation, at least in the northern climes, puts on one final show of beauty and splendor that reflects the glory and majesty of the Creator God. One by one the last…
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake…
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