Podcast Episodes

Five Stages in the Life of a Serving Leader

Episode 229

What does proper leadership look like? Merle Burkholder outlines principles for how we can lead in a Christlike way, and what serving leadership looks like.

Essays for King Jesus

This is the 229th epis…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

The What, Why, and How of Anabaptist Perspectives

Episode 228

Over the last year, a number of changes have happened within Anabaptist Perspectives. Marlin and Reagan talk through the mission and vision for this podcast, and where we are going in the future. Why…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Islam and the Birth of Christian “Just War”

Episode 227

Initially, the early Christians refused to fight. Over time, they adopted a Just War stance, and in time used this to justify the forcible conversion of conquered peoples. With the Crusades, Just War…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Building Community Peace Through Personal Peace

Episode 226

Janelle Glick suggests that, as we come to peace with our own lives and the God who is working in us, we are more at peace with others and God who is working in them, which makes unconditional love a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

What Happened to the Church in the Middle East?

Episode 225

For hundreds of years, there was a vibrant, growing church across the Middle East, spreading across places like Iraq and Syria, expanding as far as China, India, and beyond. These Christians have lar…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The Pain of Moral & Ethical Failure

Episode 224

High profile cases of those who have failed morally and ethically disappoint many of us. Merle Burkholder describes how he personally has experienced this disappointment. This episode explores what w…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Viewing Theology Through the Biblical Storyline

Episode 223

How can we learn to read the Bible as a whole story, instead of as disjointed fragments? In this episode Paul Lamicela explains biblical theology, using the storyline of Scripture for better understa…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

How Can We Make a Difference Without Voting?

Episode 222

We are once again in a presidential election year in America. This is bringing up all the many conversations the church has been having for hundreds of years around issues like political involvement,…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Were the Old Testament Saints Wicked?

Episode 221

How are we to read the Old Testament when it describes things that are so evil compared to how we are called to live today? Stephen Russell outlines the concept of “uplift through covenant”, and expl…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Can I Lose My “Ticket to Heaven”?

Episode 220

We should not see salvation as a single event, John Coblentz says, but as God’s ongoing work. Focusing on a time when we “made a decision” or “went forward” in response to an invitation or “prayed th…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago