When Jesus calls us to be His disciples, He calls us to learn (Matthew 11:29). When Jesus trained and sent His disciples out, He appointed them as teachers (Matthew 28:16-20). Because the first disciples went out and taught all nations and discipled them according to Jesus's command, including the command to go and teach all nations, the gospel has been passed down to us today "by word and by letter" (2 Thessalonians…
Derek Kreider from the Fourth Way Podcast invited Judy Croutch Beachy, Rosanna Brubacker and I (Rebekah) from the Kingdom Women Podcast for an interview about nonviolence in difficult personal situations situations. Judy and Rosanna are advocates in the area of domestic violence, with Rosanna having written about Nonviolence in the Home here on the Outpost and co-founded LifeRing Christian Ministries. We discussed what it means to imitate Christ's way of peace and…
“Of all the verses in the New Testament that exhort Christians to honor their spiritual leaders, perhaps the strongest is this verse in Hebrews 13. No other verse, after all, uses the word “obey” to describe the relationship of Christians toward their church leaders… What kind of relationship does this verse depict between leadership and the rest of the church? What kind of authority does this verse give to local church leaders?…
https://youtu.be/SisfQgJyhVk Full Sermon available on Anabaptist Perspectives Original published in the Daughters of Promise Magazine Transcript: In about 400AD a young man by the name of Telemachus became a believer and became involved in mission work in a rather remote monastery. So as he headed back to Rome, getting close to the city, he noticed there were lots of people there. The Romans had just defeated the Goths and there was to…
Conservative Christians are the least likely faith demographic to get the COVID-19 vaccination. In an insightful interview. Dr. Finny Kuruvilla, founder of Sattler College, Boston, answers questions about the science behind the vaccines. As conversative Christians largely eschew the COVID-19 Vaccination, this podcast also confronts the question of the Christian witness and our response to the persistence of the vaccine. Listen to the full episode below: Transcript Titus: Hey everyone, welcome to…
What does it mean to be devoted to God? What is the root and reason for prayer, serving others, preaching the gospel and everything else we do in the Christian life? What are the heart-attitudes we must have?
Continuing our exploration of nonviolence in the person of Jesus, we begin exploring the nature of gender, of men and women. How do we follow in His steps?