For years I puzzled over the meaning of worship. My church wasn’t big on catechism at all, but one year we had catechism in school. One of the questions was, “What is worship? Answer: Worship is that attitude in the heart that finds expression in outward acts of prayer and praise and service.” Growing up religious can almost cause a person to ignore thinking seriously about it. When one hears words…
How common is unwanted same-sex attraction? What should a person do about it? That Jesus Podcast continues its series on sex and gender, with Abram sharing his experience growing up Old Order Mennonite while wrestling with same-sex attraction. Listen as he cuts through assumptions and myths about this topic. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/55-same-sex-attraction-feat-abram-martin/id1487348559?i=1000522931680
We're pleased announce the start of the 2021 season of the Kingdom Women's Podcast. We started this podcast a year ago with a passion for having conversations about Kingdom Womanhood. May you be encouraged and edified! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7SAfQ9zdRg A new season begins and we're welcoming a new cast member, Sarah Ornelas! Join the Kingdom Women as we chat about life and love and relationships this season, starting with the most important relationship of…
If our outlook on ‘missions’ is focused only on ourselves, and namely the things we do and the ways we behave, it is going to manifest itself in inadequate and half-hearted relationships. I sent that in response to a brother I met a few months ago through online discussion. He has been struggling significantly with the prospect of continuing in his Mennonite church. There are many reasons that I believe are legitimate issues…
Here's a wonderful resource for those looking to study the gospel through the Old and New Testaments with a Kingdom focus. Andrew Power, who attends a small home fellowship with his family in Arkansas, filmed and recorded these professionally and is planning to put out more written and video resources in due course! His channel is called Jesus Nation on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OICkQgs3Bjc https://youtu.be/EbsUhywXa_I https://youtu.be/jDPOxj86n04?list=TLPQMTcwNTIwMjHaZbHfZ59d2A
“You shall love the stranger as yourself” This is proverbially dipping our toes into a maelstrom and one can hardly expect not to be battered in the ensuing lashing winds. But, come, let us speak. Anti-semitism is real. I have seen its face, its faces. The hate is something that stews in the background of daily existence here, the vitriol constant and unabating. The violence begets more violence, the conspiracy theories more…
What is holiness? Is holiness simply a term for self-righteousness or an obscure sense of pious righteousness? Or is it the living reality of a set-apart disciple of the Messiah? In today’s article, we’ll explore seven observations from Scripture about this topic. God is holy, holy, holy. And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory?” And the…