Articles: 22
Accounts of home and family life that preserve experiences and lessons from earlier generations.
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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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