Articles: 43
Reflections on Jesus’ teaching about loving enemies, refusing retaliation, and making peace.
“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…
We 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…
As 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…
What 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…
We 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 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…
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…
As the year 2020 winds down and we enter the last few months, there is one thing foremost on the minds of many—“Who will be the next president of the United States?” As Christians, we are confronted by the numerous…
Now this passage of Scripture says that we are to follow peace with all men, especially those in the church, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. There is a certain responsibility that we have to those…
The first is to conquer the world through force and coercion and rule the world as a tyrant. The other is to create a world so small that you remove all competition. In the end, both are just as destructive to the people…
“I am content.” A twenty-four-year-old young man stood before the city council of colonial New York City and said these words. What was he content with? He was content to be put back in jail. For what cause? For refusing…
Pulling into the local pretzel shop here in Lancaster County, the scene was pretty predictable. Buggies, horse ties, and old bicycles outside. Inside the old building, a plainly dressed, Old-Order Mennonite lady took my…
Whether we recognize it or not, we are all led by ideologies and principles. Good or bad, principles act as underlying forces that guide us in our everyday lives. Unfortunately, for the most part, the primary principle…
In the nearly eight years since we moved here, we have had several visitors who believe and teach something called “flat Bible” theology. “Flat Bible” thought is easy enough to recognize, but it has many variations.…
The following is a portion of a letter we received. We are only using one paragraph of the letter, since that is the portion we want to address in this reply. It is just as preposterous to say that E.M. Bounds, by being…
Dear publishers of The Heartbeat of the Remnant: I received your lovely publication in my mailbox today. But before I comment on your publication, let me tell you a bit about myself. I am a fourth year psychology major…
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…
It’s a good thing author David Bercot was not born in 1730. He could very well be sporting some chicken feathers by now. I mean, you don’t tell American patriots that they are really rebellious rabble rousers who should…
The disciples were brought up in the Jewish Church, the law of which allowed killing in self-defense and in wars under divine direction. When Jesus called them to follow Him, He sent them out as “lambs among wolves” and…
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…
A few months ago, a young man named Michael Izbicki made quite a stir in the headlines. The excitement originated from the voice of protest over this young man’s application for conscientious objector after graduating…
Following hard on the heels of an article condemning the foolish reading material that the world provides for children is the joyful news that there is something positive to replace the negative that you may have just…
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