Anabaptist Perspectives Episodes

I Was Born Hindu in India’s Lowest Caste. The Gospel Brings Persecution. - Markus Meena Markus Meena was born into a difficult situation in northern India. Markus tells the story of how he found Christ and gave his life to ministry. He explains the basics of Hindu beliefs and tells about the suffering that came to him and his family as a result of their conversion to Christian faith and their work in ministry. He also describes how God is moving in northern India and challenges the American church to practice a more profound dependence on God. Markus’ ministry in India: hopecommunitymissions.org John Ghanim’s story: https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/652 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

What’s Actually Worth a Church Split? We Need Theological Triage - Paul Lamicela Are all theological issues of equal importance? Or should we give greater emphasis to some issues, and be more willing to give and take on others? Paul Lamicela makes the case for theological triage, a framework that defines how core various theological concepts are to orthodox Christianity. Another episode with Paul about the storyline of Scripture: https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/492 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

Episodes 321- 340 Ep. 321 - We Need Catechesis! Quit Baptizing People Before They Are Ready! - Stephen Russell - https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/730

We Need Catechesis! Quit Baptizing People Before They Are Ready! - Stephen Russell What is catechesis, and why does it matter for our churches? Mr. Russell returns to the podcast to discuss how we prepare people for joining the church, how the early church did this, and what he believes that preparation process should look like. Here is a previous episode with David Bercot on infant baptism: https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/711 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

I Was the Result of Abuse. God Gave Me Purpose and Helped Me Forgive My Biological Dad - Grant Bontrager What would it be like to feel like your whole life was an accident? What if you didn’t know who you really were? Grant Bontrager always knew as a child that he was different. One day, the reality of just how different he really was crashed into his life. Born as the result of abuse, Grant tells how Christ redeemed his story by entering into the intense pain that came to Grant and his family through the circumstances of his life. Faith Child (book about Grant’s story): https://cambooks.org/shop/cam-published-books/new-releases/faith-child/ Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

Is the World Actually Getting Better? - Jaran Miller & Marlin Sommers It is common to hear people lament about how the world is getting worse and worse, and as we look at the news and what is happening around the world. Yet there are secular optimists who make a strong, data-driven case that in many ways the world is better than in the past. Marlin and Jaran engage with this idea and the concept of Christian optimism. They also look at how this interacts with historical events. Did God Authorize America to Wreak Vengeance on the World? - Marlin Sommers and Jaran Miller - https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/703 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

The Human Way God Gave Us the Bible. What About the Apocrypha? - Stephen Russell How did we get the Bible that we have today? What are the “missing books” of the Bible? Can we trust that the Bible we have is accurate and complete? Stephen Russell explores how we got the Bible in its present form and how the canon of Scripture was recognized. The Bible Was Not Written in English. Why Is That Important? - Andrew Lamicela - https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/599 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

One vision of Anabaptist Perspectives is to build a library of resources that can be an encouragement for years to come. To help us bridge the 'Summer Slump,' we have a goal to raise $60,000 this May to continue expanding our library. If you appreciate the work of Anabaptist Perspectives and would like to support the mission, please visit: https://anabaptistperspectives.org/donate/

The Rich Sacramental Theology of Persecuted Anabaptists (While Reformation Wars Raged) - Dean Taylor The sacraments of the church were some of the most fundamental issues in the Reformation debates. Dean Taylor explains how intense these differences in theology were and how the Anabaptists were often persecuted and executed for not fitting with the standard Catholic or Protestant teaching of the time. So, what did the first Anabaptists believe about the sacraments? Yes, the Early Church Taught Penal Substitutionary Atonement - Dean Taylor - ttps://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/625 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

An Anabaptist Defense of Dispensationalism (You Don’t Have to Be Zionist) - Julian Stoltzfus Does God still have special plans for ethnic Israel? Julian Stoltzfus argues that God made specific promises to Abraham and David that will be fulfilled in a future millennium. This will involve genuine heart revival and faith in Christ on the part of Israel and will happen in God’s time not ours. There is no reason Christians should politically support the current Israeli nation state. Revelation, the (Missing) Temple, and Eden: https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/564 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant

Why I Left the Catholics, and How We Misunderstand Them - Stephen Russell Stephen Russell was raised a Roman Catholic and had ambitions of becoming a priest but ultimately left and joined the Anabaptists. In this episode, he explains the key doctrines that caused him to leave and where the Catholic church got several important points wrong. Mr. Russell explains some of the core Catholic beliefs, such as prayer to the saints and the Eucharist, while also showing how we oftentimes misunderstand key points of Catholic theology. The Nicene Creed Guards the Bedrock of Our Faith - Stephen Russell - https://t.me/AnabaptistPerspectives/683 Visit anabaptistperspectives.org for all our content! Join our channels Episodes: https://t.me/anabaptistperspectives Essays: https://t.me/essaysforkingJesus Lecture Series: https://t.me/developingasaservant