Anabaptist Perspectives

We respond to a pointed listener rebuke of one of our testimony episodes. What should we do when someone tells their story in ways we doubt or disagree with? Are testimonies meant to be evaluated for precision and balance, or received as accounts of lived experience? We discuss concerns about truthfulness and contradiction, and engage with the question of how Christians can listen when stories are shaped more by experience than by argument.
This is the xxxth episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.
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How should we engage with, and respond to, the many hot-button current issues, such as the American abduction of the president of Venezuela? The endless news cycle adds much confusion, and it can be hard to know how to live as citizens of God’s Kingdom, while also living within earthly kingdoms in this world. And what does Romans 13 have to do with this? Jaran and Marlin examine several recent events and how they view these events.
Report about US military commander
Milton’s Paradise Lost
Hans Mast, “Newslines.” Sword and Trumpet, January 2026
Hans Mast, “Reconciling Nonresistance with God’s Justice”
Vince Lewis’ Reflections on the American Military Industrial Complex
This is the 310th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.
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We engage with a listener’s question: “I wonder if Brazilian Jiu Jitsu could be a part of the non resistant toolbelt?”
Get in the Way of Evil by Val Yoder (audio): https://www.thedockforlearning.org/content/get-in-the-way-of-evil
Get in the Way of Evil by Val Yoder (transcript): https://anabaptistperspectives.org/episodes/get-in-the-way-of-evil/
This is the xxxth episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.
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The views expressed by our guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Anabaptist Perspectives or Wellspring Mennonite Church.

Jaran has been reading about Indigenous Church Planting, and Marlin has been thinking about it. In this episode, we wrestle with strategy, definitions of success, and whether Indigenous Church Planting offers a better path than other familiar models.
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (organization): https://perspectives.org/
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (textbook): https://a.co/d/0in4l1n0
The Joshua Project: https://joshuaproject.net/
Jesus and the Mennonites: https://strengthtostrength.org/jesus-and-the-mennonites/
This is the xxxth episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.
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Bryant Martin unpacks a theology of hospitality and gives practical ways we can “extend our tables in the wilderness” to reach into a broken and hopeless world. How can hospitality be effective ministry? How can we create life-giving spaces for the world around us?
Bryant started Sowers Harvest Cafe; find more info here.
Extend Cafés.
The Ideal Resistance
Doing Business Differently by Bryant Martin
Reaching America by Gary Miller.
The Six Conversations by Heather Holleman
Beautiful Resistance by Jon Tyson
The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
This is the 309th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.
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