REMNANT Magazine

Articles: 22

Home histories

Accounts of home and family life that preserve experiences and lessons from earlier generations.

Home historiesSpring 2024

A Reflection on the Early American Mennonite Church

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…

Joshua Yoder Millersburg, Ohio↗
Home historiesWinter 2024

A Chronicle Like to Ours

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…

Joshua Yoder Dundee, Ohio↗
Home historiesSummer 2023

Mennonites, Misunderstandings, and Herbal Medicines

This story starts in Switzerland, in the 1500s. A group of Christian believers, desiring to obey Jesus and return to the teachings of the Apostles and the early Church, separated from both the Catholic and Protestant…

by Rick Hess Dornsife, PA↗
Home historiesSpring 2023

Hans Landis

Humanity is defined by its search for truth. Some people search for this truth through personal power, as they attempt to hold sway over their fellow man. Some search for truth in pleasure, seeing self-gratification as…

by Joshua Yoder Big Prairie, OH↗
Home historiesFall 2022

Nero: Life of an Emperor

Being a ruler over a group of people is marked with stress, hard decisions, and sleepless nights—certainly not a position for the mentally weak or immature. The position is difficult, be it sheriff, mayor, governor, or…

by Jonathan Yoder Big Prairie, OH↗
Home historiesFall 2022

The Integrity of the Church

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?… –Matthew 5:13. One might wonder as to why the Anabaptists, the early church fathers, church history writers, and…

by Joshua Yoder Big Prairie, OH↗
Non-resistanceWinter 2022

Heroes

The history of our world has been defined by its conflicts. From the earliest disputes of Cain and Abel to the military operations of the twenty-first century, humanity has never ceased to attack one another. Peacetime…

by Joshua Yoder Big Prairie, OH↗
Home historiesWinter 2020

A Tribute to ‘Brother Mose’

Editor’s Note: Normally, we haven’t used our magazine to bring focus to any specific individual. However, in regard to Mose, we felt it would be fitting to provide a small tribute. Mose was instrumental in helping to get…

by Larry Zook Kalona, IA↗
Home historiesFall 2019

Featured Board Member—Joe & Liz Tindall

Joe and Liz Tindall, along with three of their daughters, have been a part of Faith Christian Fellowship for the last eight years. Brother Joe has been a faithful brother in the church and has served as a member of the…

Christian LivingSummer 2019

Our Testimony that God’s Ways Work

Nearly 43 years ago, on a warm August afternoon, two 19-year-olds (a young woman and her fiancé) excitedly came out of her parents’ home and walked slowly down a small hill toward a group of 200 waiting people. Her…

Mark & Ann Brubaker | East Earl, PA↗
Sharpened wordsJanuary/February 2013

An Ancient Message from Blank Paper

This has been a very busy time around here. About two months ago, packing up our household items and renting our house to a local brother, my family and I headed out West to Elmendorf Christian Community. Experiencing a…

~Bro. Dean↗
MissionsNovember/December 2012

Tschoop

July 16, 1740 was probably just another day for the little port town of New York. It was a growing town, having doubled its population during the last 40 years—from about 5,000 to 10,000. It was not yet New York City.…

Mike Atnip↗
Home historiesSeptember/October 2012

Keep God Before Your Eyes

Introduction The Jura Mountains are the “foothills” of the majestic Alps. Rising to only 5640’, they in no way compare to the main range in size and majesty. Although the bottom lands of the Jura range contain some rich…

Heinrich Zschokke↗
Book reviewsJuly/August 2012

Paula, the Waldensian

Note that to understand this review completely, it may be necessary to first read the article in this issue titled “Christian Eccentricity.” I met Paula—of all places—in an elk-hunting camp in the Rocky Mountains. Far,…

A book review by Mike Atnip↗
Home historiesNovember/December 2011

The Way of the Cross

Michael Sattler dipped his pen into the inkwell and continued to write. “… the Devil seeks to destroy, Christ seeks to save …” Slowly he leaned back and glanced around the spacious room. Wolfgang Capito had become a true…

By Dave Esh↗
Home historiesSeptember/October 2011

He Died at His Post

In our minds, let’s travel back in time to the late 1850s and imagine a scene ... Two boys push their sticks through the July dust, pretending—as boys are wont to do—that the sticks are plows and horses turning over the…

Mike Atnip↗
MissionsJanuary/February 2011

Going Beyond

Introduction Reading the story of the judges and kings of Judah and Israel, one finds a history of hills and dales. Some of the leaders of Israel took God’s people on a downhill journey, low, so low that one wonders how…

~Mike Atnip↗
Book reviewsJanuary/February 2011

Peter Riedemann’s Confessions

A young converted shoemaker turned Anabaptist missionary and pastor, Peter Riedemann seemed to have lived tirelessly in sharing and living his faith. Traversing literally thousands of miles, writing songs and letters,…

A book review by Dean Taylor↗
Church MattersJuly/August/September 2008

BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES!

Pharisees Therefore, when one speaks of justification through Christ, one must also speak of that faith, which cannot be without works of repentance—yea not without love, which is an anointing. For such an anointed…

Michael Sattler↗
Church MattersJanuary/February/March 2008

The Schleitheim Confession

Since Glendon Fox submitted the article “Revival in Schleitheim”, I thought it would be fitting to place the actual Schleitheim Confession here in total. It is indeed an amazing work. The Reformation, now a little over…

Home historiesSpecial edition 2007

Thoughts on The Martyrs Mirror

One of the most impressive historical accounts of radical Christianity and Christian persecution was recorded soon after the Reformation in a large book entitled The Martyrs Mirror. This stout-hearted work was compiled…

Dean Taylor↗
Non-resistanceSpecial edition 2007

“Shall I enter the Army?” Moody said, “No.”

The nineteenth century witnessed the greatest advance the Christian church had ever known. Missions, education and evangelism flourished and prospered. Great names emerged: Livingstone, Spurgeon, Booth, Finney, and…

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