Category: Historical Values
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Racism, Darwinism, and Empires of Progress: A Kingdom-Centered Perspective (Kingdom Outpost Study Series #4)
What is racism? How should Christians who believe in nonviolence and in the distinction between Jesus’s Kingdom and the world’s powers respond? How do we make sense of the polarized political debates on the subject, even as they spill over into our social lives, fracturing relationships in families and communities? In my research over the…
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Political Faultlines: A New Fracturing of Conservative Anabaptism
Anabaptism has long existed on a spectrum. Presently, groups as culturally distinct as the Old Order Amish and as theologically and socially liberal as the Mennonite Church in the Netherlands all consider themselves to be under the umbrella of Anabaptism. In this article we will limit ourselves to America, and to the center-right of this…
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(Video) Courageous Love: The Story of Dirk Willems
When our survival instinct kicks in, it’s often every man and women for themselves. Yet, in the moment of crisis, one courageous young man, Dirk Willems, made a decision that cost him everything. He chose the way of love. The year was 1569. Holland was under the rule of the Spanish King Philip the Second.…
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(Video) Costly Discipleship: The Witness of Anna Jansz
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus, to count the cost and carry our cross? Anna Jansz, a 16th century martyr, came to faith amidst chaos and revolution in 16th century Holland. She chose the way of Christ and loved not her life until death. In this, she demonstrated the courage and…
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A Mother’s Farewell: Letter by Janneken Muntsdorp, Martyred in 1573
…This was first put into execution on Hans van Munstdorp, who, about the month of September of the aforesaid year, was taken out of the fold, away from the other four, as a sheep for the slaughter, and; according to the sentence passed, put to death with a huge fire, which severe and grievous death…
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The Way of the Cross – Excerpts from Pilgram Marpeck’s Writings
Today, we would like to share excerpts from an early Anabaptist tract by Pilgram Marpeck on “”Defencelessness and Fidelity to Christ”. It was originally published as Die Aufdeckung der Babylonischen Hurn and was translated by Peter Hoover and edited by Edsel Burdge. You can download it for free from Scroll Publishing here. To learn more…
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