https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/Explore Scripture, Christian discipleship, and everyday faith through the pages of The Heartbeat of the Remnant.enhttps://remnant.truechristian.church/en/sharpened-words/from-the-editor-bac9eb21-a63f-489c-97f7-d7ef54ebd853/urn:remnant:en:bac9eb21-a63f-489c-97f7-d7ef54ebd853Left or right, red or blue, liberal or conservative, fiscal accountability or social policies, Republican or Democrat? Every four years, as the strength of summer draws to a close and autumn puts on its glorious display,…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/freedom-in-christ/urn:remnant:en:7c31a3d5-7802-4070-8c96-e6ab6a714811Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1) There is much ado in our land about freedom. It has been a central and…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/children/little-davy-goes-to-school/urn:remnant:en:d38a7a97-58eb-449e-ac0c-4542b913e672Although he would not readily admit it, Little Davy enjoyed school. He loved whizzing through his lessons in no time, at all. The red brick school where Davy attended was small. There was only one classroom and one…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/non-resistance/resist-not/urn:remnant:en:c725c2e8-4702-4317-976c-cffd4547b36c“I will not fight; I am a Christian”. We live in a world geared towards personal gain and satisfaction. Building a nice life for yourself is the American dream, and anyone who wants it can have it. Jesus says that where…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/non-resistance/should-we-vote/urn:remnant:en:d6a9dbdb-afea-45fa-b973-7c924e4cf3e8We are living in a time of moral and political upheaval. While we know God is in control, it can be discouraging. We see Congress passing laws that conflict with Biblical truth and ungodly leaders being voted into…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/christians-vote/urn:remnant:en:94f9ad84-2cb9-4511-9c5f-e25b2e6f1643As we near the next election, “Christians, vote!” is oft the plea. “Elect yourselves a godly leader if you want your liberty.” Is it true, O fellow pilgrims, has Christ promised freedom here? “On earth you will be…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/medical/screen-time/urn:remnant:en:4d6e2019-29bf-410c-9ca4-0d3a22ac2333“I want your phone!” The little girl said firmly to her mother. “Not now, Josie,” her mother said. “We’re at the doctor’s office.” “I NEED your phone!” The three-year-old girl demanded. I wasn’t sure what Josie needed…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/non-resistance/in-defense-of-conscience/urn:remnant:en:5debb819-a6cb-48f9-9bee-a96915d065ccWhat is this thing called Conscience? We find it already working in Adam and Eve after they ate of the forbidden fruit. It was no doubt what revealed their nakedness and caused them to hide from God. The Bible reveals it…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/youth/a-christ-centered-courtship-964b2776-41fa-496b-bbda-e3193f780d76/urn:remnant:en:964b2776-41fa-496b-bbda-e3193f780d76We discussed God’s Plan for Male and Female in the last issue. Today’s topic, Satan’s Snares for Male and Female, is not as enjoyable. And yet, to complete this series, “A Christ-centered Courtship,” we need to deal with…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/non-resistance/the-constitution-or-the-bible/urn:remnant:en:91c01bcf-5b37-4516-bdaf-8e48fc76ca31We live in an era where the drumbeats of patriotism are beating louder and louder. Prominent Christian leaders are demanding their constitutional rights. The lines between the church and the state are slowly being…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/come-let-us-tune-our-loftiest-song/urn:remnant:en:77a6f2d1-3ddd-4eed-9b80-9db2be0c922eCome, let us tune our loftiest song And raise to Christ our joyful strain; Worship and thanks to Him belong, Who reigns and shall forever reign. His sovereign power our bodies made; Our souls are His immortal breath; And…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/woman/songs-in-the-night/urn:remnant:en:1da906dc-7485-4e88-adfb-dc70df21e888I have always enjoyed Anabaptist history but only recently heard that the early reformers, like Zwingli, didn’t allow singing in their worship services. Praise God, their followers did not adhere to that idea. Singing is…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/non-resistance/the-christian-in-election-year/urn:remnant:en:7bdf0cfc-6ca5-4b2b-b8f9-257f3392d05fThe title could give the impression that a Christian could be different in an election year than in off-election years. That is not the intent. Instead, in the time of national elections, Christians face extra pressure…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/lead-on-o-king-eternal/urn:remnant:en:e296cdce-916b-4ecd-8bc5-8cc00726a580Once again we will be taking a look at the history behind one of our beloved hymns. These hymns of old have stood the test of time and are worth singing, and may they continue to be sung till time is no more! Out of the…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Autumn 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/sharpened-words/from-the-editor-52074824-2feb-4fe4-96d0-a08ec72c3565/urn:remnant:en:52074824-2feb-4fe4-96d0-a08ec72c3565I can still smell the tantalizing cacophony of odors as I clutched my father’s strong hand, weaving our way through the masses of tourists that crowded the building. The vendors at the Green Dragon Farmer’s Market in…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/the-christian-humanist/urn:remnant:en:db7b1129-282d-4f48-aefa-f839cb585426Do you believe in miracles? Do you believe in the supernatural? What about divine intervention? Or a better question might be, have you seen God working in your life? Do others see God working in your life? My brother…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/all-nature-sings/urn:remnant:en:1c75dce8-1781-427f-8099-01596d53c2a4Our Father’s world is a world unspoiled by human invention and intervention. While sin and technology have warped and stolen many lovely things from the human race, there abide still a few that remain unmarred by…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/arise-be-glad/urn:remnant:en:eed66189-2caa-4bfb-9eaa-545562c7e9a6Arise be glad! For dawn is here! Rejoice and sing! The night is past, The Dayspring shineth from on high, The grace of God to man is nigh! Rejoice and praise the King of Kings! Give thanks and laud, for more is here!…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/children/jamin-smartens-up/urn:remnant:en:aa552c1c-4324-40a5-a7c3-8f36b6a99ee2Eight-year-old Jamin wasn’t very smart. Or at least that’s what his older brother told him. Almost daily, brother Kenny found ways to remind Jamin of his shortcomings and laugh at his blunders. “Jamin, you will never be…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/youth/a-christ-centered-courtship/urn:remnant:en:80e78d22-936e-48de-885a-f9a8898d5e42A 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/medical/dealing-with-cynicism/urn:remnant:en:28cd0392-f481-4e7c-9674-fbeb3c49fdf1“Dr. Waldron, Elsie needs help!” Elsie’s husband was adamant, almost angry, as he stared at me. On the other hand, Elsie stared at the floor, almost as though she wasn’t present. I had never met either of the couple…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/woman/procrastination-overload/urn:remnant:en:a76ef013-7cf5-4e99-8312-3a9818d244ffThe urgency of the last minute is something that many homemakers deal with regularly. No matter how organized we are, sometimes we put off tasks because we dislike them or wait until we are under pressure. Habitual…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/woman/circumstantial-overload/urn:remnant:en:93978dae-706d-43d4-abee-6b6e011683faCircumstantial overload might be the most difficult. We can choose not to go to a Norwex party if we need to give our schedule some space. But if a child breaks a leg in the middle of wedding preparations, we have no…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/amazing-grace/urn:remnant:en:95aac01a-bc7b-4c4b-a8c0-0c193488e249How unbelievable it is that God can take a wretched sinner, void of the fear of the Lord, and turn him into a blood-washed saint and preacher of the gospel! In this story, we see God’s life-changing power at work in our…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Summer 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/sharpened-words/from-the-editor-62646d6d-87be-47a6-880f-0ade408a3402/urn:remnant:en:62646d6d-87be-47a6-880f-0ade408a3402Spring 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/home-histories/a-reflection-on-the-early-american-mennonite-church/urn:remnant:en:31ea7041-cab6-4ccd-9ead-04cc949321a6Our 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 Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/the-glory-of-the-spring/urn:remnant:en:cdb88be0-93b0-4362-bc3b-1488aff1a76fThe 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/children/fun-for-everyone/urn:remnant:en:1ec0f654-0dd1-48f3-9a68-3b15189e6704“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,…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/morally-pure-in-a-corrupt-society/urn:remnant:en:b43320f3-e4e8-450b-865c-099ef704149cMorals 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 Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/youth/ken-and-i/urn:remnant:en:ab1fe2c9-0a16-4e79-a53e-4c2d703b0e46“Get out of my shop! I don’t need people like you around me! And never come back!” My lips quivered as I looked into the dark, angry eyes of the yelling man. I blinked back the unbidden tears, realizing that once more, I…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/medical/dementia/urn:remnant:en:e848a36d-36eb-4f7d-aea7-e17ab34a8870“It is so hard,” the man sitting across from me said. “We’ve been married for nearly fifty years, but I never expected anything like this.” “What is going on?” I asked Al, sympathetically. “It’s Lisa,” he said. “You know…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/power-love-and-a-sound-mind/urn:remnant:en:10933457-b503-48e1-9346-49ff54d1b6feThe 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/woman/the-overload-syndrome/urn:remnant:en:fbfb182b-bb05-434f-a664-b74c68153e61Part 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/god-the-perfection-of-beauty/urn:remnant:en:45c612ff-1966-4079-9ba5-09ab022917eaA 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,…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/the-sands-of-time-are-sinking/urn:remnant:en:52b9a1f9-4f4d-419d-9b36-797dfc3cb10eIt'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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Spring 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/sharpened-words/from-the-editor/urn:remnant:en:042fce50-3724-4100-b397-093c6d081e89January 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/church-matters/a-glorious-church/urn:remnant:en:58963510-f56e-43e0-88dd-0eb9941ddea9What 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/city-of-god/urn:remnant:en:8f996405-d870-4074-947b-35190faad643City 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/it-was-winter/urn:remnant:en:b5ea052a-167f-45c4-bf40-cd463c4546b6And 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/winter-song/urn:remnant:en:f31b1f66-9cee-419c-b2b0-87d9b9b2e3a9'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 Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/home-histories/a-chronicle-like-to-ours/urn:remnant:en:21180900-6bdd-4c06-a4ed-fd0f6b8a3571The 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/parenting/the-mint-man/urn:remnant:en:a42c5719-aea1-47ed-abad-ed0cd2571382Dirk 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/a-christ-centered-courtship-series/urn:remnant:en:5a87c21f-cce9-4033-8a43-5458311bc7f0A 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/the-googlification-of-medicine/urn:remnant:en:fbb7faf4-04de-4858-b608-09cb6aedaacf“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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/woman/joy-in-the-crevices/urn:remnant:en:b37f8111-4563-4b5b-ab9f-1f87bcd2b46aA 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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/crown-him-with-many-crowns/urn:remnant:en:deabdd90-c842-4ed6-ad15-c2fa9870b099“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…The Heartbeat of the Remnant · Winter 2024https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/sharpened-words/from-the-editor-4c4494ea-2d0b-4c42-b501-f7b51385e712/urn:remnant:en:4c4494ea-2d0b-4c42-b501-f7b51385e712Autumn. 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…The Heartbeat of The Remnant · Autumn 2023https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/christian-living/cross-bearing/urn:remnant:en:e5b8d801-2044-43e8-a608-a7896996f346Then 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…The Heartbeat of The Remnant · Autumn 2023https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/missions/this-is-the-way-walk-ye-in-it/urn:remnant:en:1b59b086-09fb-46c6-98f1-e926f80f17acIt was February 22, 2016, when our family stepped off the airplane in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. I was excited. When I was converted, I told God I would go where He wanted me to go and say what He wanted me to say. Now here…The Heartbeat of The Remnant · Autumn 2023https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/church-matters/mary-jesus-mother-and-disciple/urn:remnant:en:03aeecbd-d94b-4302-ab98-91188987c81eHail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Glory Be to the…The Heartbeat of The Remnant · Autumn 2023