For the last three weeks I have been on a very interesting trip to Eastern Europe. A small church group from the Czech Republic city of Auspitz (Hustopece) had requested Anabaptist preachers and...
July/August 2013
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So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Lu. 14:33
You asked me to give up my home ...
Then gave me welcome in many homes....
A Sudden and Rapid Divestment
Voices from the Early Church
Cyprian’s (c. 200-258) New Birth Experience
While I was still lying in darkness and gloomy night, wavering hither and thither, tossed about on the foam...
There are two ways to rule the world
The first is to conquer the world
through force and coercion
and rule the world as a tyrant.
The other is to create a world so small
that you remove all competition.
Meditations on the Book of Esther for the God-fearing Woman
Part 1
Vashti—the foolish plucketh down her house with her hands.
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but...
Wrapping It Up
¡Adios!
Yes, it is true. I am “retiring” from my work here at The Heartbeat of the Remnant. The word “retire” has a literal meaning of “drawing back from.”
So while I by no means...
The Hutterite Mission Machine
The Marine Corps of the early Anabaptists
A few issues ago we published an article entitled “The Moravian Mission Machine” in which we highlighted the mission activity of...
The Way to the City of Peace
Most of our readers are familiar with John Bunyan’s allegory called Pilgrim’s Progress. What few realize is that Bunyan’s story was not the first allegory; in fact, it followed a number of...
Carelessly Drifting
Carelessly drifting, the world rushes on,
For pleasure and folly, a gay, giddy throng;
Led on by the glitter, the pride, and the show,
So careless and thoughtless as years come...
The Greater Danger
THERE IS AT THIS TIME,
THAN IN THE BLOODY AND DISTRESSING
TIMES OF THE MARTYRS
Introduction
You know that big, fat book on your bookshelf? Yeah, the one you take down...
Follow peace with all men
and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. He. 12:14
From a sermon delivered by George Brunk II.
Preached at Orrville, Ohio in September, 1951, titled...
The Bridegroom’s Friend
If all of our study of God in the past or future reveals only one thing—our utter ignorance and truly insignificant identity—then it has accomplished its goal.
The purpose of man is to...