Articles On Anabaptish Views, And Early Church Views
Anabaptish Identity:
Those who claim Anabaptism as a title after or before Christian seem to be trying to make a claim on the life the Early Anabaptists had. Are the present day Mennonite/Amish like the Anabaptist? Do they baptize upon confession of faith or do they wait six months? Are they vigorous evangelists and preachers, or are they content to be the quiet of the land?
Click here to read more.Twenty Counts Of Abandoning The Faith And Vision Of The Anabaptist Reformation:
1. We have lost the prophetic zeal of the Anabaptists, and have turned to pietistic quietism – we no longer prophesy against sin in the nations and in the denominations.
2. Because we no longer vigorously testify of the world and worldly religions that the works thereof are evil, they no longer hate us, and we have become “respectable” at the price of polite silence on popular sins.
Click here to read more.Deceived By A False Gospel
Have you ever been lied to or deceived? All of us have been, the problem is we don't know it at the time because most lies contain a certain amount of truth. This is why it is so difficult to know when we are deceived. What if you were deceived right now? How would you know? I suppose you wouldn't. That is the irony of deception ... you don't know it. Let’s apply this to Christianity.
Click here to read more.Faith
The definition of faith according to Protestant evangelicals I recently heard a protestant evangelical preaching… “Faith and works are mutually exclusive." A man who held this view once told me that… “Faith is something you just can’t quite put your finger on. Once you think you have it pinned down then… puff, it vanishes away.” The definition of faith according to Protestant evangelicals then is as follows… Faith; The hope of things not the substance of them, the things not seen rather than the evidence of those things.
Click here to read more.Saved? Saved From What?
How to get saved if you're an Evangelical who has accepted Jesus. Today there is a fake Jesus being preached and people are accepting him. So if you’re an evangelical that claims to have accepted Jesus as your personal savior, then you may very well have received the fake one without knowing it.
Click here to read more.Early Church Stance Toward War And Non Resistance
Perhaps there are two dozen or more questions that accompany this statement, but all of them can be answered in one reply, a simple teaching right from Jesus' own mouth: "Love your enemies".
Historically the Early Church was non-resistant, meaning that they did not participate in warfare through military service, or political office. In fact they took Jesus' teachings to love your enemies so literally they taught that a Christian was commanded to actually turn the other cheek when someone slapped him. Have you ever wondered why the Early Church never retaliated when they were persecuted by the Roman Government?
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