Tag: Mennonites

• GOD WILL REPAY ALL . . . . All the choices we have made

  “If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness. He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt. Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him. For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in…

  Carole Boshart

  December 11, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Advent & Christmas, Choices, Christian Journey, Christian Life, Discipleship, God’s Nature, God’s Reign, Historic Anabaptists, Mennonites, Salvation, Wisdom

• POLITICAL AUTHORITY . . . Judging It

  “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant…

  Carole Boshart

  November 14, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Discipline in the Church, Fellowship, God’s Nature, God’s Reign, Government and Society, Historic Anabaptists, Mennonites, Political Authority, Right Relationships, Wisdom

• POLITICAL AUTHORITY . . . Sometimes Christians need to be contrary

  “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, he said. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood. Peter and the other apostles replied: We must obey God rather than men!” (Reference: Acts 5:28-29 ) Peter and the other disciples had…

  Carole Boshart

  November 10, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Christian Journey, Christian Life, Fellowship, Government and Society, Mennonites, Political Authority, Right Relationships, Shalom

• POLITICAL AUTHORITY . . . Giving what is due

  “Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Reference: Matthew 22:21 ) The imposition of taxes on a populace has a long and strong tradition. When Christ spoke these words he was holding a coin of the realm that has Caesar’s face on it. But discerning…

  Carole Boshart

  November 9, 2014

  Commentary

  Bread for the Enemy, Christian Life, Church, Discipleship, Discipline in the Church, Fellowship, God’s Nature, God’s Reign, Government and Society, Historic Anabaptists, Mennonites, Political Authority, Taxes

• IDOLATROUSNESS . . . The separation of religion and art

  “We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the…

  Carole Boshart

  October 20, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Art, Church, God’s Nature, God’s Reign, Historic Anabaptists, Idolatry, Mennonites

• IDOLATROUSNESS . . . When it hurts us and others

  “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that…

  Carole Boshart

  October 18, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Church, Discipleship, Fellowship, God’s Nature, God’s Reign, Historic Anabaptists, Idolatry, Mennonites, Right Relationships, Salvation

• IDOLATROUSNESS . . . Beyond the gilt and awe

  “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing…

  Carole Boshart

  October 14, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Historic Anabaptists, Icons & Statues, Idolatry, Mennonites, Reign of God, Roman Catholic

• HUMAN LAW . . . It is “heartless”

  “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.” (Reference: Matthew 15:7-9 ) If there was any doubt in my mind that I had correctly determined what…

  Carole Boshart

  October 5, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Church, Historic Anabaptists, Human Law, Mennonites, Ministry & Leadership, Spirituality

• CONCERNING FLESHLY AND SPIRITUAL WHORING . . . Being on the “correct” side of things!

  “Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a…

  Carole Boshart

  September 20, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Concerning Fleshly and Spiritual Whoring, Government and Society, Historic Anabaptists, Mennonites, Persecution

• LEAVEN . . . It gets into the most unpredictable places

  “Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast–as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old…

  Carole Boshart

  September 6, 2014

  Reading the Anabaptist Bible

  Christian Life, Discipleship, Discipline in the Church, Fellowship, Historic Anabaptists, Leaven, Mennonites, Sin