Category: Justice
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Uncovering the Propaganda of Evil
Season 11 of the Fourth Way Podcast covers the violence of propaganda. Podcast host Derek Kreider introduces us to each episode and reflects on what he has learned from these in-depth conversations about propaganda. As we approach an election year and everyone is getting all fired up – or probably more accurately, continuing to stoke…
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Book Review & Reflection: “She Deserves Better” by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky
Trigger warning: Sexual assault and sexual violence Why This Book Matters “She Deserves Better” by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky asks a simple question: “How do we raise girls in an unsafe world?” If you look at the world at large, girls are not safe. We live in a world where…
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More with Less: The Politics of Jesus in Everyday Living
The question we need to ask is, are we operating by the world’s definition of “politics” and Kingdomhood, or Jesus’s? What did He do that was political, that threatened Herod, Pilate and Caesar? The Kingdom of God is not merely to be proclaimed, it is to be lived. Our lives, our communities, our social interactions,…
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Refugee Crisis in Ukraine – How to Help!
Pastor Lavern Hershberger, Lolita Hershberger, and Annaliese Hershberger serve near Warsaw, Poland and have been working among refugees coming from Ukraine, helping meet the diverse needs that grow each day in whatever ways they can. They have made a video sharing about the refugee crisis. More info about Anabaptist International Ministries in Poland/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/lavernrh
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(Video) How Should Christians Think about Same-Sex Attraction? Feat. Abram Martin & Darnell Rohrer
Abram Martin, a member of our Kingdom Outpost team, and Darnell Rohrer join Asher Witmer’s Unfeigned Christianity Podcast to talk about same sex attraction. Check out Abram’s previous interview with That Jesus Podcast. Also, visit Asher Witmer’s website for articles, podcasts, videos and more! Is same-sex attraction lust? What causes someone to be same-sex attraction?…
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The Transformative Power of a Cross-Carrying Life
The call to “carry our cross” is… intense. I don’t know that talking and thinking about it means as much as just doing it, but then Jesus did leave us not only His example but also His words. We have to understand what He calls us to do; we have to count the cost. Reading…
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From leaven to loaf: the Kingdom in 2022
It’s quite interesting watching yeast at work. It is everywhere, ostensibly – on the peel of pears and grapes, in the air, etc. Medieval bakers did not quite know what it was, but they knew what it did. They would set a bowl of flour and water out in the field or under an apple…
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(Video) Have we misunderstood the cross? An essay on spirituality and suffering
(First published on September 26, 2021) The way of the Cross means sacrifice, As to God you yield your all To be laid on the altar, the place of death, Where fire will surely fall. Mary E. Maxwell For a long time I was quite passionate about the idea that God calls us to take…
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(VIDEO) God’s View of Abuse
Dale Ingraham from Speaking Truth in Love Ministries live-streamed this seminar with A Better Way on September 26, 2020. Thanks for Kim Beachy for providing a transcript. View the original livestream on Facebook here. Also check out Dale’s book, “Tear Down This Wall of Silence: Dealing with Sexual Abuse in Our Churches (For those who…
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(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…
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