One Christian’s Response
I am Ted. I was born a male and I know I am a male. My skin color is white, and I know I am white. My parents are white, my grandparents were white, and I have no reason to suspect my other ancestors were anything other than white. These are foundational, irrefutable truths about myself. I do not think I am anything other than what I am. Nor do I desire to be anything…
A Quiet and Peaceable Life?
Before I was converted, I had never heard the term ‘Anabaptist’ and the concept of someone sharing their faith in Jesus with others, was foreign to me. After I was converted, I remember thinking about all my friends who didn’t know anything about what had just happened to me. One thing kept going through my mind, “I need to tell them!” When something good happens to…
A Man in the Gap
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. –Ezekiel 22:30 The account of the little Dutch boy who heroically stuck his finger in the hole in the dike comes to mind as we consider such a verse. He couldn’t leave the spot for fear of erosion, so he…
Vaccinations – Wrapping It Up
With this article we hope to wrap up this series on vaccinations. In this series, I tried to show that while vaccines are effective, the development and production of some are based on immoral practices. We also considered the real risks of complications from vaccines. Finally, we introduced the idea that for a number of vaccines, the benefit is primarily for the society,…
Servanthood – God’s High Calling
God designed us to serve, yet we have a difficult time getting the message that this is God’s call for our lives. Jesus took the time to school His disciples on servanthood. Let’s go to school with them and learn some things that we need to be aware of if we are going to fulfill this part of God’s purpose for our lives. First, if we are going to be a…
Psalm 46: When Mothers Pray
Sometimes, Lord, I come before You with a weary mind. The morning has been long… loud with teasing and tension… trampled on and trodden over. Or maybe I am the trampled one. I feel spent already. I don’t have the quiet mind with which one ought to approach the Most High God, but I come anyway. I must. I need You. Today, I heard again the dismal headlines from this…
Priorities
One day in late spring Jack was wondering what to do with his old lawn mower after purchasing a new one. His wife suggested that since it still worked well, they should give it to their poor neighbor Tim. “Yes,” Jack replied, “he does mow his large yard with that old push mower. He would love it!” So later that day Jack went to his neighbor’s home and gave him the…
Of Such is the Kingdom of God
“Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.” Mark 10:14, 16 It was late morning in Niger, Africa, as I bent over a tub of soapy water, scrubbing yesterday’s laundry. I was home alone, babysitting the boys of the missionary family…
Mothers and Prayer
It was 2:30 PM, Tuesday afternoon. “Señora!” a chorus of voices hollered from outside our property hedge. “Open the gate!” “Just wait,” I called back. “It’s not three o’clock yet.” Disgruntled murmurings sounded from the other side of the hedge. I turned to my wailing baby. Sinking into the rocker to feed her, I closed my eyes to relish each quiet moment before the coming…
Freemen in Bondage
The Heartbeat of the RemnantOctober/November/December 2009 In April 1992, an angry resident of Sanilac County, Michigan, wrote a letter to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. He was announcing his rejection of the “Corporate State of Michigan and the United States.” He was denying his citizenship and their authority over him. And, he was expressly revoking his…