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Through Doubt and Deconstruction: Loving the Ex-Christian

There was a time in my life where I didn’t feel comfortable calling myself a Christian. There were doubts I struggled with. I was tired of living up to other peoples’ expectations. I had a hard time reconciling the Christianity I had been taught and the reality of violence in Christendom. I had a hard…
Constantine, Compromise and Consequences

Major changes in the Church were about to occur. Constantine was a Roman emperor. He wanted to rule the world. He saw a sign in the sky. It was the sign of the cross and the words, “In this sign, conquer.” He went to battle believing that he would be victorious if he went with…
Unsung Heroes: Women of the Radical Reformation

When you grow up in an Anabaptist culture, the history of your ancestors is often taught across the pulpit, in school, and even at home. Names like Conrad Grebel, Michael Sattler, Dirk Willems, Menno Simons, and many more are names that are almost as familiar as Moses, Noah, Abraham, and David. Our ancestors believed that…
Redeemed Hierarchy: Love and Anarchy

Anarchy has usually been defined as a societal utopia wherein absence of governance is employed to the achievement of well ordered, sustainable, yet absolute freedom of the individual. This is obviously a paradox. And while, in spite of the fact that this is an excellent starting point, I believe most practical and romantic models of…
(VIDEO) Critical Theory… And the Kingdom of God???

How do we make sense of the whole “CRT vs. the Gospel” debate going around? In a new series where “the outpost goes off-script”, editor Rebekah takes on research paradigms and media sensationalism, drawing from postcolonial and Anabaptist history to talk about marginalization, oppression, violence, exploitation in the systems of “empire” vs. the Kingdom of…
(VIDEO) Answering Objections to Christian Nonviolence

In Episode 2 of our Kingdom Outpost video series, we discuss common objections to Christian nonviolence. Check out Episode 1: Christian Nonviolence: Why Every Christian Must Oppose War as well! Hi, I’m Francis and in this video I wanna respond to some common objections to Christian nonviolence. In our previous video, we demonstrated from the…