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Essays are attempts to think well as we live with allegiance to Jesus's sacrificial kingdom. Themes concern history, scripture, and current issues.... more
FAQs about Essays for King Jesus:How many episodes does Essays for King Jesus have?The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.
January 10, 2026Peter Eby: The Great Swiss-American Anabaptist Elder of PequeaPeter Eby did much for the health of the Mennonite church in the 1800’s. Merle Weaver tells the story of Peter’s life with special attention to his pastoral work and spiritual life. We can learn much from this leader who ministered in a strikingly different historical context from our own....more18minPlay
December 06, 2025Practical Crucifixion: Notes on Spiritual FormationPractical crucifixion is not separate from practically putting on Christ. Within the larger context of beholding Christ and the work of the Spirit our actions help orient us to what is true and good....more19minPlay
October 18, 2025A Silent Night Amid the Killing - Ben MetzlerDuring World War 1, opposing soldiers called a battlefront truce on Christmas Eve. Ben Metzler asks us to think about what this reveals. They knew the Prince of Peace should bring peace. Do we? Or do we buy into the hostilities around us?...more11minPlay
August 23, 2025The Strange Death of Hidden Life - Marlin SommersScripture describes baptized believers as “dead” with a life that is “hidden with Christ.” Marlin Sommers explores the contrasts of this joyful “death-life.” What does it look like when we put on Christ and put off the old human?...more15minPlay
June 21, 2025A Matter of Power - Dan ZieglerAnabaptists have been known for their refusal to use the power of the state to accomplish Christian goals. Dan Ziegler warns that Anabaptists on both the left and the right are losing this commitment. He calls us back to a biblical understanding of the two kingdoms for the sake of the church and her ministry. ...more20minPlay
May 24, 2025How Passionate 25-Year-olds Become Fruitful 45-Year-oldsWhen we are young life is filled with ambitions, dreams, and possibilities, but life happens and we easily become cynical. Merle Burkholder gives practical steps and challenges us to become people who do the work God has given us to do.Read the essay and comment at https://anabaptistperspectives.org/essays/how-passionate-25-year-olds-become-fruitful-45-year-olds/ ...more11minPlay
April 10, 2025Sharing Plans Cannot Replace Brotherly AidDo medical "sharing plans" give an example of bearing one another's burdens or do they make us self-sufficient and individualistic? Marlin Sommers argues they are an economic tool distinct from brotherly aid. He challenges us to share to address actual needs and to pool our resources to support ambitions Christian teaching. https://anabaptistperspectives.org/sharing-plans-cannot-replace-brotherly-aid...more15minPlay
March 01, 2025God's Pursuit of Affectionate RelationshipConscience made Adam and Eve hide from God. Fred Wiebe explores the way we all experience this separation due to sin and God’s solution to bring us from shame and guilt to joy and belonging as children of God. Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers, and he is the hero we attentively model ourselves after. ...more15minPlay
November 16, 2024My Ethics, Your Ethics, and the Dilemma BetweenEach of us do and say things because of the culture we grew up in. Is that wrong? No. However, we as God’s children need to look beyond our culture and try to look through other cultures’ glasses. God is not bound to culture, and all of us can be thankful that the Bible is not culturally bound. John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”...more7minPlay
November 02, 2024The Cultural Captivity of the GospelWe need to offer the gospel to the world. We need to offer the gospel without contaminating it with our own culture. We need to offer truth that will inform, confront, and change every culture. There is nothing wrong with our culture as long as we do not make it the gospel. The gospel will change individuals, and it will change entire cultures. ...more16minPlay
FAQs about Essays for King Jesus:How many episodes does Essays for King Jesus have?The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.