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  • Charles de Foucauld
    ...iments he was assassinated on December 1, 1916, by neighboring tribesmen. He was one of the early "Little Brothers of Jesus."
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  • Gordon H. Matties
    ...rethren Bible College, which became Concord College in 1991. Most recently he served as Dean of Humanities and Sciences at CMU. ...dies. He has served on several juries at international film festivals. And he has led numerous study tours to Israel/Palestine.
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  • Lynn Jost
    ...esno, California, where he has also served as president and academic dean. He earned his B.A. from Tabor College, M.Div. from Mennonite Brethren Biblical He is the author, with Connie Faber, of ''Family Matters: Discovering the Menn
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  • Hassan Barnabas Dehgani-Tafte
    ...with the memory of the murder of his son Bahram in 1980. After that murder he published in Iran a prayer of forgiveness for the killers. I was attracted
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  • Perry B. Yoder
    ...uring his graduate studies he spent a year in Israel at Hebrew University. He received his PhD in 1970. ...t, Indiana. Now Emeritus Professor of Old Testament from that institution, he lives in Ely, Minnesota, with his wife, Elizabeth. They have two grown sons
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  • J. E. McDermond
    ...is quick to note, however, that he is a "pacifist by choice, not nature." He came to this conviction through reading the Sermon on the Mount. ...d at the University of Durham (England) and was awarded a M.Litt. in 1989. He received his D.Min. degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh
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  • Artwel Mabhena
    ...eagues to beat him up and they ended up driving up a knife through him and he died. The staff was ordered to bury him in a shallow grave near the mission
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  • Johann Dyck
    .... Once there he refused to put on his uniform. It was put on him by force. He refused to swear the oath of induction and loyalty to the emperor, even in ...yck’s behalf. They petitioned the emperor at least to let Dyck emigrate if he could not be exempted. All their efforts were to no avail. A later report m
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  • Bishop Benjamin Eby
    ...ts ka Bauer, er muss Schulmaster werre!"-"Bennie will never make a farmer, he must become a school-teacher." ...nnonite Meeting House, by Bishop Christian Burkholder, and on the same day he was admitted as a member of that body.
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  • Erland Waltner
    ...d agencies. He grew up on a farm near Freeman, South Dakota. Upon baptism, he became a member of the Salem Mennonite Church. Waltner graduated from Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, in 1935. He finished his pastoral training at the Biblical Seminary in New York in 1938
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  • Dan Ulrich
    ...ethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, IN) where he has taught since 1996. He graduated from Bethany (M.Div. 1985) and pastored the Easton (MD) Church of ...in Nigeria. He has published a book as well as several articles and essays about the gospel of Matthew.
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  • Daniel W. Ulrich
    ...ethany Theological Seminary (Richmond, IN) where he has taught since 1996. He graduated from Bethany (M.Div. 1985) and pastored the Easton (MD) Church of ...in Nigeria. He has published a book as well as several articles and essays about the gospel of Matthew.
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  • Raphael Mthombeni
    ...e who had called these pastors to come to his district. The moment he said he was a pastor and the rest were also pastors, they took him aside. ...the church so that they may forgive him and let him go. he told them that he worked for the church and not a political party.
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  • Rudolphe Kasandji
    ...cy), a weaver of mats, and a carver of walking canes. His father died when he was young, but his mother remarried and her new husband adopted Rudolphe. ...e Mennonites. He sang for the Lord in the men’s choir, “Voices of Angels.” He married Régine Kakeziko and they had six children.
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  • V. George Shillington
    ...in the late 1950s and met Mennonites for the first time in the late 1960s. He attended the Kitchener (Ont.) Mennonite Brethren Church and came to appreci ...hor or editor of three other books and numerous articles and book reviews. He taught courses on Paul, the parables of Jesus, modern biblical interpretati
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  • Willard M. Swartley
    .... He joined the faculty at AMBS in 1978 and continued teaching until 2004. He served as academic dean there for seven years (1979-1981; 1995-2001). ...ersity, Goshen Biblical Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary where he received a PhD in 1973.
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  • Gordon Zerbe
    ...ix U.S. states. He and his wife, Wendy Kroeker, moved to Winnipeg in 1988. He has been at Canadian Mennonite University since 1990 and currently serves a He has a diploma in biblical studies from Columbia Bible College (B.C.), a B.A
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  • James H. Waltner
    ...; and Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1958. In 1971, he completed a DMin program with a focus on Old Testament Studies and Preachin ...ornia, Illinois, and Indiana. With specific interests in biblical studies, he taught courses in the Psalms at Bethel College, Associated Mennonite Biblic
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  • Waldemar Janzen
    ...In 1943, during World War II, he escaped with his mother to Germany, where he was a refugee until his immigration to Canada in 1948. Encouraged by his mother, he was able to study. He earned the degrees of B.A. (University of Western Ontario), B.D. (Mennonite
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  • John R. Yeatts
    ...Twice, Yeatts has received the college's Excellence in Teaching Award, and he was awarded the Messiah College Scholarship Award. Born in Springfield, Ohio, Yeatts grew up in the Brethren in Christ Church. He graduated from Messiah College with degrees in mathematics and religion, la
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  • August H. Konkel
    ...rnational Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis'' (Zondervan). He has published ''Job'' in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series (Tyndal ...ethel Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Winkler, Manitoba, from 1971 to 1982. He lives in Paris, Ontario, with his wife Esther. They have four adult childre
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  • Elmer A. Martens
    ...lical Seminary, Fresno, California (now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary). He taught in seminaries and colleges in Japan, India, Korea, Russia, Kenya, Br ...ak, ''The Old Testament in the Life of God's People'' (Eisenbrauns, 2009). He served on the translation team of the New American Standard Bible and assis
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  • Chalmer E. Faw
    ...New Testament at Bethany Theological Seminary and became a full professor. He has served as a mentor to several generations of Bible students and church ...cles have been published in church periodicals and scholarly journals, and he has held memberships in the Chicago Society of Biblical Research and the So
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  • Jose Chuquin
    ...the [[Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia|Colombian Mennonite Church]]. He was also the director of World Vision Colombia. Jose was a very capable adm ...old), and he valiantly fought for this life. He was flown to the USA where he died in hospital a few days later.
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  • George R. Brunk III
    ...eneral assembly and a member of the general board of the Mennonite Church. He worked as missionary pastor and field administrator with Virginia Mennonite ...ale Mennonite Church, where he has served as chair of the board of elders. He was married to Erma Hess for forty-one years and has two children. After Er
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  • J. Daryl Charles
    ...rk at Catholic University of America and Westminster Theological Seminary. He studied hermeneutics, exploring how strands of rhetorical and literary arti ...''Bulletin for Biblical Research'', plus journals of New Testament study. He writes on issues of faith and culture, Christian ethics, ecumenism, and the
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  • Eugene F. Roop
    ...there since 1977, after teaching at Earlham School of Religion in 1970–77. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren and has pastored chur He brings to his teaching and writing a deep commitment to the Bible as centra
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  • Does He Only Need Gender? This Is How to Learn If Your Person is Considerable Or Simply Wants Sex From You
    ...other and sex specially throughout the relationship. It only demonstrates he is much more intrigued on coital actions rather than a partnership.
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  • Gerald Gerbrandt
    ...xico when his parents were doing mission work among the Tarahumara people, he grew up in Altona, Manitoba, where his father taught at Elim Bible School a ...6). In addition to various congregational and denominational involvements, he continues to teach part time at CMU.
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  • Douglas B. Miller
    ...iblical languages, Christian education, and faith in contemporary culture. He also has written and taught courses for Tabor’s degree completion ministr ...and scholarly periodicals and contributed essays to published collections. He served as general editor of ''Direction'' journal for ten years, as editor
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  • Paul M. Lederach
    ...he Franconia Mennonite Conference at Norristown, Pa., in 1944. Since then, he has served in a variety of pastoral and churchwide responsibilities. ...tor of the Congregational Literature Division (1970-73). From 1973 to 1978 he was the executive director of the ''Foundation Series'', the second graded
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  • Paul M. Zehr
    ...storing an urban church, he attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned a Th.M. in biblical studies in 1975. ...in five congregations, a position he held for twenty-five years. In 1987, he graduated from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary with a D.Min. A major p
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  • The Libido of Number Five
    ...nything has a pricetag)...Numerology for the 21st Century is what I am all about and everything you examine is to your enjoyment, enlightenment and WIjust f
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  • John E. Toews
    ...academic dean and president at various Mennonite colleges and seminaries. He served at Fresno Pacific College (1961-1968), Conrad Grebel University Coll ...minary, University of Southern California, and Pacific School of Religion, he entered doctoral studies in New Testament at Garrett Theological Seminary/N
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  • Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
    ...970 graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A. Hon. in History. He studied at Harvard Divinity School on a Rockefeller Fellowship and earned a ...f study at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana, where he met his wife-to-be, Rebecca Yoder.
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  • Millard C. Lind
    ..., one an Asiatic Indian from Mauritius, another a Xhosa from South Africa. He also had two great-grandchildren. ...eminary where over a period of thirty years he taught the book of Ezekiel. He served as a pastor, writer of adult Sunday school Bible studies, editor of
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  • Jacob W. Elias
    ...e, Elias became involved in the First Mennonite Church of Saskatoon, where he was baptized and encouraged to consider leadership ministry in the church. ...as pastor of the Mountainview Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. In 1974 he began studies at the Toronto School of Theology and completed his Th. D. de
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  • Man Vs Lady: the Sexes' Struggle
    ...d over and again and again... Male does not need to contact when he claims he will.Woman usually appreciates the infant is theirs.
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  • Richard B. Gardner
    ...y in the local church. An ordained minister of the Church of the Brethren, he has prepared Bible study curriculum and led seminars and workshops both for ...nary in Oak Brook, Illinois. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he directs several cooperatively sponsored programs of field-based ministry ed
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  • Allen R. Guenther
    ...cher of the Scriptures and his active concern for the vigor of the church. He relished opportunities to interpret and communicate biblical insights for l ...aught at Mennonite Brethren Bible College and College of Arts at Winnipeg. He pastored a new congregation in Lethbridge, Alberta, during 1963-65, and an
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  • Ivan D. Friesen
    ...Committee programs in Israel and Palestine (West Bank) from 1968 to 1971. He taught at Swift Current Bible Institute, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (1976- ...ite congregations in North Carolina and South Dakota from 1993 until 2007. He was a member of the Freeman Network for Justice and Peace. Ivan and Rachel
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  • Terry L. Brensinger
    ...at colleges and seminaries in such places as Israel, Kenya and Zambia, and he has on three occasions been a scholar-in-residence at the Tantur Ecumenical ...ton Theological Seminary, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Studies, Academy of Homiletics, and
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  • Emanuel Swartzendruber
    ...e the next day for Camp Greenleaf in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. On the 5th, he left Bad Axe with seventeen other young men, all reporting to Camp Greenle ...ay, the soldiers in the bunkhouse with him cursed and swore so loudly that he couldn’t hear himself pray out loud. The next day the commanding officer
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  • John M. Klaassen
    ...d the draft board would exempt him from service in an army camp. Instead, he was sent to Camp Travis, an army cantonment in Texas. ...he uniform, and sent to serve a prison sentence in Fort Leavenworth. Here he became ill and died of pneumonia, and his body was sent home to Oklahoma dr
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  • Ernest D. Martin
    ...his home congregation, Midway Mennonite Church, Columbiana, Ohio. In 1963 he became the lead pastor and continued in that capacity until retirement in 1 ...ch and Biblical Interpretation, and the Goshen College Board of Overseers. He has taught short-term courses and led seminars in various church settings a
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  • Robert W. Neff
    ...gical Seminary and as general secretary of the Church of the Brethren, and he is president emeritus at Juniata College. His published works include ''Usi
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  • Daniel Epp-Tiessen
    ...ed about the Old Testament prophets’ passion for social justice as he does about the priestly commitment to holiness, purity, and proper worship. Two of Dan
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  • David Pätkau
    ...ollowing years of World War I and Civil War. 1921, during a severe famine, he was elected as an elder of his church. Under his leadership, the church res ...Orenburg on March 27, 1930. He was sentenced to five years of labor camps. He served his term in northern Russia on the shore of Northern Dvina river nea
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  • Dan Nighswander
    ...dia. Nighswander has taught part time at Conrad Grebel University College. He has also worked in camping ministry and as a district youth minister.
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  • Dan Terry
    ...nd effort for a massive famine-relief effort to the Hazara people in 1999. He successfully negotiated between a Taliban commander and American forces in
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  • Dennis R. Edwards
    ...vinity School, and his MA and PhD from the Catholic University of America. He has three decades of urban pastoral ministry experience in the US, includin
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  • Timothy J. Geddert
    ...ience of Gertrud, to whom the commentary is dedicated. Fifteen years later he wrote his commentary on Luke (Kindred Press, 2016) while they were foster p ...osophy (Saskatoon, 1976) and an M.Div. in Biblical Studies (Fresno, 1978). He then spent five years planting and pastoring a church in Ft. McMurray, Albe
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  • John Schrag
    ...Schrag was a prosperous Mennonite farmer who lived Harvey County, Kansas. He was a member of the Hoffnungsfeld (Hopefield) Mennonite Church. In 1917 wh ...old of it. It fell to the ground. Someone in the milling crowd shouted, “He stepped on the American flag!” The crowd turned into an uncontrollable m
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Allison Christensen, April 2011
    ...ings that stood out to me the most was towards the end of the article when he said that, and I paraphrase, “on the other hand there are Mennonites and ...something that completely contradicts the content of the previous article. He says that this religion is still alive and is relevant today even after all
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  • Mennonite Conscientious Objectors of World War 1
    ...to study architecture. His experience of “mission” in his hometown – where he had worked as a builder and carpenter – made him want to keep building ho After moving to Chicago, Neufeld joined the Grace Mennonite Church. There, he initially served as a youth leader and Sunday school teacher. Two years lat
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  • Dirk Willems
    ...ds of heaven and gather together His elect from all the ends of the earth, he shall also through grace hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful serv ...the burgomaster, very sternly called to him to consider his oath, and thus he was again seized by the thief-catcher, and, at said place, after severe imp
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  • John W. Miller
    ...ife of scholarship, writing, university teaching, and pastoral leadership. He is professor emeritus at Conrad Grebel University College, an affiliate of ...f Basel (Th.D. Old Testament 1955). After completing his doctoral studies, he taught Bible at Goshen College Biblical Seminary and several colleges and s
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  • Miguel Brun
    ...rtured and finally murdered. But on a Sunday morning, just like this one, he had cracked the walls and rolled back the stone so that every prisoner migh ...ty hands! Miguel extended his hand to the man next to him. “Let us eat,” he whispered, “This is his body.” The Christians in the group all moved t
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  • The Discipleship Journey
    ...rtimaeus, who is healed of blindness and follows Jesus on the way (10:52). He symbolizes what the disciples should have been doing all along. ...d the material from 8:22 through 10:52. The entire journey to Jerusalem is about Christology, discipleship, and the healing of the disciples’ blindness.
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  • Consideration Terrorists CIA from USA are Easy to Place, They're Gay
    ...one of your global buddies is behind you and shouldn't bend over. Because he's getting ideas that are larger. Please contemplate this in 2006.
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  • Suderman, Roberto J. "Tengan Valor: Yo he Vencido al Mundo." 1998.
    ...org/details/tenganvaloryohev00sude Roberto J. Suderman. ''Tengan Valor: Yo he Vencido al Mundo'']'''</u>==== :¡Tened valor! ¡Yo he vencido al mundo!.
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  • Canonicity and Acceptance of Revelation (in Revelation)
    ...In the fourth century, Eusebius says that some accept it as canonical, but he and others refer to it as a questioned book (''Eccl. Hist.'' 4.26). His att ...oted in Barclay, 1960:1.1). Calvin did not voice an opinion on Revelation; he did quote from it, but his commentaries exclude it.
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  • African Faith Tabernacle Church
    ...of his efforts and openness to learning all that he could about the world, he was very responsive to the call of God on his life. ...cratic style of leadership fit into the indigenous culture of his people. He also welcomed the indigenous practices of drumming and dancing and the use
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  • Kornelius Isaak
    ...eo people when Isaac was, without warning, stabbed in his side by a spear. He died one day later, 11 September 1958. His widow, Mary Born Isaac, was preg ...n. In subsequent years Jonoine Picanerai emerged as a chief of his tribe. He became a Christian.
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  • The Discipleship Journey (in Mark)
    ...rtimaeus, who is healed of blindness and follows Jesus on the way (10:52). He symbolizes what the disciples should have been doing all along. ...d the material from 8:22 through 10:52. The entire journey to Jerusalem is about Christology, discipleship, and the healing of the disciples’ blindness.
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  • Vengeance (in Jeremiah)
    ...; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you’” (Isa 35:4 NIV). ...emies (11:20; 15:15; 20:12). Jeremiah never speaks of “my vengeance.” Here he is in accord with the scriptural teaching to leave the settling of accounts
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  • Why I Became Mennonite, Jorge E Vielman, April 1999 (United States)
    learned about Jesus love, and how his grace had granted me salvation. It humans. Mennonite philosophy was part of me even when I did not know about
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  • Phase 4 Patients
    ...the individual's bodily standing, how it is dealt with by him, and the way he manages the sickness. Some individuals might believe if prostate cancer rea
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  • Assemblée de la Grâce, Haiti
    ...Mission, and received biblical education through their extension program. He then began planting churches for Haitian peoples in Miami, Florida, before In 1990 he began reaching out to places in Haiti where the people had no access to chu
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  • Injustice (in Ecclesiastes)
    ...ked prosper and the righteous suffer (4:1–3; 5:8; 8:10–11, 14; 9:1–3). Yet he also insists that God’s judgment will sometime become manifest (3:17; 8:1 ...He does not counsel revolution and provides a caution to those who would. He particularly recognizes that no individual, however wise and rightly motiva
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  • Nuptial Imagery in the New Testament (in Song of Songs)
    ...ry in several gospel passages. For example, John the Baptist explains that he, himself, is only the friend of the bridegroom: ...attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. (Jo
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  • Teusaquillo Mennonite Church-Peter Stucky
    E: And Peter, you said you have some stories to share today about facing opposition or suffering or sacrifice in the way of Christ. The first one I'd like to tell is about a woman from our church and her name is Gloria Lizcano. And she, she was a
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  • What Does It Mean to Be Mennonite? Billy Funk, April 2011
    ...nd that it is something that I identify more and more with as I learn more about it, and now I consider myself a believer of the Mennonite Faith even though ...ey believed was the fullest following of Christ, believing that meant what he said.
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  • Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina
    Mission worker buried among people he loved in Argentina ...they were with Ruth Anne’s choice that Richard be buried among the people he loved so deeply.
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  • Reflección de Edder Mecón- joven menonita habla de su experiencia anabautista
    ...i hermano y hermana. También, hice parte del grupo de jóvenes y finalmente he colaborado activamente en el grupo de alabanza, tocando el piano y cantando
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  • The Theology of Christian Experience (Mennonite Church, 1957)
    ...ielding to Christ as Savior and Lord. Although he has freedom of the will, he will not turn to Christ in repentance and faith unless convicted by the Hol ...strong>. When a convicted sinner yields to Christ in repentance and faith, he is born again by the Holy Spirit, is made a child of God and a partaker of
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  • Glen D. Lapp
    ...een testing and treating people with eye diseases in Nuristan province for about two weeks at the invitation of communities there. IAM lost touch with the t ...ta. He also worked as a nurse in Lancaster, New York City and Supai, Ariz. He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Eastern Mennonite University an
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  • Black Kettle, Cheyenne peace chief
    ...ack Kettle’s witness as a Cheyenne chief who pushed so hard for peace that he was even ostracized by large portions of his tribe left a fertile soil of p ...el John Chivington attacked his camp. When he heard the attack was coming he raised a large US flag as well as a white flag to a lodge pole and stood wa
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  • Merlin Grove
    ...ario, Canada, went to Somalia with his wife Dorothy and children in 1960. He taught and administered a school established by Eastern Mennonite Missions.
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  • Use of Scripture (in 2 Corinthians)
    ...he interprets Scripture in his arguments. Perhaps the last phrase is key: he interprets Scripture in his ''arguments''. 2 Corinthians 3 is no exception, ..., Rom. 11), and ''echoes'' texts at other points without direct reference. He brings his Scripture to bear on a situation in a congregation by linking on
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  • Resolution on Homosexuality (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    ...y."; cf. Matthew 19:4, "And He answered and said, "Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female."). Adam's ma
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  • Philemon
    ...Pauline letter can hardly be questioned. If written from Rome, the date is about 60 C.E. ...s not the church leader. The family imagery served to remind Philemon that he is part of a family system.
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  • Resolution on Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1981)
    We frequently hear expressions of concern about discrimination in our churches and conferences. This matter was brought to ...improper because all have originated from the same stock (Acts 17:26 NEB; "He created every race of men of one stock, to inhabit the whole earth's surfac
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  • Suzanovo Martyrs
    ...its achievements. On the same day, the 50-year-old Peter Ens was arrested. He managed to send a short message from the prison that gave the relatives som ...he death of all arrested. Only at the end of 1980s were relatives informed about the exact date of their execution that took place shortly after their arres
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  • The Christian and Race Relations (General Conference Mennonite Church, 1959)
    ..., and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him" (Acts 10:34, 35). "And (He) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of God does not make distinctions on the basis of physical features. He does not look on "the outward appearance" but looks "on the heart" (1 Samue
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  • Emmanuel Wayindama
    ...excited shouting in the distance and the sight of shadowy figures leaping about, systematically setting fire to the thatch-covered homes of Bible Institute ...g staff of the AIMM Bible Institute. An earlier graduate of the institute, he had demonstrated not only a keen mind but also a deep commitment to his Lor
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  • Hugo Donatti
    ...electrical company in the capital city of Uruguay. As his name indicates, he is a descendant of an Italian immigrant family whose ancestors were among t ...ght of his absolute commitment to Christ and His Kingdom (for whose coming he prayed regularly) also became a matter of concern for him.
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  • David B. Martin: Pioneer of Mennonite Orthodoxy
    ...n and Esther Bauman. Jacob, born March 22, 1811, was only 9 years old when he emigrated with his family to the British province of Upper Canada, from Lan ...o), as Jacob Martin grew older he became increasingly concerned about what he considered to be a drift away from their traditional Anabaptist roots. Inde
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  • Alexander Neufeld
    ...eally. Uh, but he asked me whether I would be ready not to tell to anybody about this, you know, this meeting. [00:03:33.12] ...econd, maybe a month later, I was then asked to come by. And then I sensed he wants to get me to work, kind of. I was active involved in youth work. We h
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  • Daniel Gerber
    ...lished warm relationships with farmers and young people. On May 31, 1962, he was abducted by presumed North Vietnamese soldiers along with two CMA missi
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  • Bearing One's Cross (in Mark)
    ...ifixion. He presumably begins to carry his cross (though Mark is not clear about this); the cross is then transferred to a certain Simon’s back (who presu ...God’s will at all costs (14:36). It involves identification with Jesus as he is tried, mocked, tortured, and crucified (15:21). Thus, even from Mark’s
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  • Proverbs and the Birth of Ethical Monotheism (in Proverbs)
    ...is supreme desire is that human beings "enjoy the good life," which is why he led Israel into such a good land (Martens: 19). Revering him "teaches a man ...anity so firmly and integrated it with the rich legacy of Solomon’s wisdom about life so seamlessly (in their version of the book) is the great gift to huma
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  • Broken promise offers new life, a new church
    ...h the devil. He promised his soul in exchange for being granted everything he wanted in this life. Cardona discovered that Jesus, not the devil, could give him the life he was looking for. Today, 16 years later, his family has found freedom from t
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  • Clarence Jordan
    ..., and radical stewardship together in a life of community and common work. He helped to establish Koinonia Farm, and right from the start hired a local m ...atred. Jordan died of a heart attack in October of 1969 at the age of 57. He died alone, his burial was simple. But his legacy continued, inspiring coun
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  • Anabaptist Interpretation of Revelation (in Revelation)
    ...e about, not by human force, but by divine intervention (Krahn, 1981:100). He affirmed the city of Münster to be the millennial commonwealth; and one of ...1981:342). Yet he saw the kingdom of God as spiritual (Keeney, 1968:180). He believed, on the basis of scripture rather than world events, that Christ w
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  • Race Relations (Mennonite Brethren Church, 1963)
    ...Christ's injunction to "teach the nations to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded." Not only did Christ instruct His church to "teach all natio
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  • Israel and Israel's Leaders (Mark and Anti-Semitism)
    ...that there are exceptions among the religious leaders (cf. esp. 12:28-34). He reports that Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the council, asks for the bod Many of Israel’s first-century leaders were serious about their faith, eager to please God, and diligent in obeying God’s law. Many
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  • Annotated Bibliography on Mennonite Interactions with Indigenous People in Paraguay
    ...s information about the organization's objectives, news releases, and data about indigenous groups. ...Chaco and then reviews early encounters and mission settlement programs. He also analyzes the changes in Lengua culture that occurred during this time
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  • Matthew's Distinctive Themes
    ...e kingdom (cf. 5:3, 10). The great majority of Jesus’ parables are stories about the kingdom (cf. 13:24; 18:23; 20:1; 22:1; 25:1). As depicted by Matthew, G ...es. He points his hearers to the will of God that underlies the Torah. And he forms a community committed to carry out Israel’s calling in faithful cov
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  • Sundar Singh
    ...baptized in Simla on his sixteenth birthday. Thirty-three days after this he took on the ascetic lifestyle of a sadhu, or wandering holy man. ...wandered the roads in his yellow robe and turban. On the road as a Sadhu, he was often mistreated and persecuted.
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