A friend and I had spent the night in the bar and it was around midnight when we arrived back in the little town where I lived. We weren’t ready to call it a day yet, so when we saw a light in a friend’s house we went and banged on the door. They let … Continue reading Where did those words come from?
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This is war
“Must I be carried to the skies on flow’ry beds of ease?” asked Isaac Watts many years ago. Well, nowadays that seems to be exactly what we expect Christian life to be like. Is it any wonder that so many folks find Christian life to be boring and unfulfilling? Jesus didn’t promise “flow’ry beds of … Continue reading This is war
Lost, Forgotten and Suppressed History – The Huguenot origins of Québec
The first explorers and settlers of New France were Protestants. This is not something I learned in school; I don’t think it’s being taught even today, the Catholic church having almost succeeded in expunging all mention of Protestants from the collective memory of the Québecois people. The Reformed Church in France seems to have begun … Continue reading Lost, Forgotten and Suppressed History – The Huguenot origins of Québec
Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 7
BIOGRAPHY OF MENNO SIMONS, continued After the death of the blessed Menno, the work of the Reformation, which he had started in the Netherlands was continued strenuously with the labour and service of Dietrich Philip (who also died, however, six years after Menno, namely in 1567), and others of his helpers, Congregations were founded … Continue reading Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 7
Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – Part 6
BIOGRAPHY OF MENNO SIMONS, continued The following is an extract from Book 16 in the Downfall of the Tyrants, by Peter Jantsz Twisck, pages 1074-1075. A daughter of Menno Simons, a praiseworthy woman, in our presence related the following incident: A certain traitor who had agreed, for a certain sum of money, to deliver without … Continue reading Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – Part 6
Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrime of the Mennonites – Part 5
BIOGRAPHY OF MENNO SIMONS Gathered from his own writings and also from Gerhard Roosen, a Mennonite minister at Hamburg, in his book named: “Innocence of the Evangelical Baptists, who are called Mennonites,” which was printed in the year 1702, as well as from several other writers. He was born in the year 1495 at Witmarsum … Continue reading Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrime of the Mennonites – Part 5
Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 4
Thomas Herman, a very earnest preacher of the Gospel, was arrested at Kitzipil in the year 1527, and was also sentenced to be burned. His heart they could not burn and at last threw it into the lake, which was near the place of execution. Leonhard Schoner, a defender of the teachings of Christ, was, … Continue reading Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 4
Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 3
For more than 1,600 years these defenceless Baptists were distressed by persecution, imprisonment, beside all kinds of torment and torture, and finally killed by fire, sword, hunger and drowning. Nevertheless, through all the centuries from the apostles’ time on, there were many Baptists who maintained, preached and practised the pure teachings of Christ, in spite … Continue reading Benjamin Eby’s “Origin and Doctrine of the Mennonites” – part 3
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