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  • Patrick Matthews came from a hard life on the streets. Involved in gangs and crime from an early age, he eventually landed in prison for his choices. While there, God finally broke through his hard heart, and Patrick experienced redemption. In this episode, Patrick shares how his life has changed and how he is now on a journey to continual healing despite his difficult past. Now, Patrick focuses on ministering to the world he left behind.

    Tentmaker Travels

    Hearken House

    Fred Saldana’s story

    This is the 328th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Anabaptist Perspectives has produced a 10-part documentary series about the first 100 years of Anabaptism. In this roundtable, Dean Taylor and Stephen Russell explain why this story from 500 years ago deeply matters to us today. What were the critical choices these radical reformers made that challenge us in our daily walk with Christ? How can their decisions inform our lives and how we relate to society?

    The Anabaptist Origins Website: https://anabaptistorigins.org/

    The Anabaptist Origins YouTube Channel

    A Change of Allegiance by Dean Taylor

    Overcoming Evil God’s Way by Stephen Russell

    Special thanks to Zollikon Institute for their hospitality and the filming location.

    This is the 327th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Mambadu was a witch doctor and animist priest in Sierra Leone for 11 years and was overseer of 13 villages and their priests for six of those years. When Mambadu lived in darkness, he was involved in sacrificing children, calling down curses, and using dark powers to control the natural elements.

    Mambadu tells how the Gospel arrived in his village for the first time and how the power of Christ transformed his life. Mambadu has now committed his life to reaching his own people with the Gospel.

    To support the work of Mambadu and other missionaries, click here.

    To learn about the audio Bibles Mambadu uses, and to give an audio Bible to believers who don’t have access to Scripture, click here.

    This is the 326th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • What would your faith be like if you didn’t have access to the Bible? Joe Fleming explains how (and why) this is reality for countless Christians across West Africa and beyond. Joe shares stories from his years of missions experience, where he has witnessed the power of God’s Word to bring people to Christ and into spiritual maturity. The Word of God is living and powerful, and we should never take it for granted.

    Learn more about the audio Bible project.

    Learn more about the print Bible project with Heralds of Hope.

    An episode with Stephen Russell about how we got the Bible in its current form.

    This is the 325th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Phil Yoder moved with his family to Costa Rica in 1968, when he was a teenager. The early days after moving were difficult. Shortly after his family arrived, a volcanic eruption forced them out of their home. Their business venture didn’t work out, and they struggled to find somewhere to live. All of this was in addition to the challenges that come with adapting to a new culture and language. From those beginnings, the first communities of Mennonites formed in Costa Rica. Phil shares the story of those communities as well as some lessons in missions and church planting that he has learned from a lifetime of living in Central America.

    I Came to Christ. My Hippie Husband Was Indifferent - Heiko and Sabine Klien

    Special thanks to Digital Manna (https://manadigital.org/) for hosting us for this episode.

    This is the 324th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Markus Meena was born into a difficult situation in northern India. His parents were unable to care well for him and sent him to an orphanage, hoping he would have a better life there. Markus tells the story of how he found Christ and gave his life to ministry. He explains the basics of Hindu beliefs and tells about the suffering that came to him and his family as a result of their conversion to Christian faith and their work in ministry. He also describes how God is moving in northern India and challenges the American church to practice a more profound dependence on God.

    Markus’ ministry in India: hopecommunitymissions.org

    John Ghanim's story

    This is the 323rd episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Are all theological issues of equal importance? Or should we give greater emphasis to some issues, and be more willing to give and take on others? Paul Lamicela makes the case for theological triage, a framework that defines how core various theological concepts are to orthodox Christianity.

    The study center Paul started (Lancaster Anabaptist Study Center)

    “A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity” by Albert Mohler

    Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage by Gavin Ortlund

    Listen to another episode with Paul

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  • What is catechesis, and why does it matter for our churches? Mr. Russell returns to the podcast to discuss how we prepare people for joining the church, how the early church did this, and what he believes that preparation process should look like.

    Here is a previous episode with David Bercot on infant baptism

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  • What would it be like to feel like your whole life was an accident? What if you didn’t know who you really were? Grant Bontrager always knew as a child that he was different. One day, the reality of just how different he really was crashed into his life. Born as the result of abuse, Grant tells how Christ redeemed his story by entering into the intense pain that came to Grant and his family through the circumstances of his life.

    Faith Child (book about Grant’s story)

    This is the 320th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • It is common to hear people lament about how the world is getting worse and worse, and as we look at the news and what is happening around the world. Yet there are secular optimists who make a strong, data-driven case that in many ways the world is better than in the past. Marlin and Jaran engage with this idea and the concept of Christian optimism. They also look at how this interacts with historical events.

    A previous episode on thinking well about global politics

    A Rival Nations article on Christian optimism

    “Christian Fundamentals (Mennonite Church, 1921)”

    “God of Grace and God of Glory“

    “Rise Up, O Men of God”

    “Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation”

    Factfullness

    The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Data on declining poverty rates

    A source for data about a bettering world

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  • How did we get the Bible that we have today? What are the “missing books” of the Bible? Can we trust that the Bible we have is accurate and complete? Stephen Russell explores how we got the Bible in its present form and how the canon of Scripture was recognized.

    Church History in Plain Language

    The Bible Was Not Written in English. Why Is That Important? - Andrew Lamicela

    Here is a previous episode with Stephen Russell

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  • The sacraments of the church were some of the most fundamental issues in the Reformation debates. Dean Taylor explains how intense these differences in theology were and how the Anabaptists were often persecuted and executed for not fitting with the standard Catholic or Protestant teaching of the time. So, what did the first Anabaptists believe about the sacraments?

    Dean’s previous episode on the atonement

    Our documentary channel on early Anabaptism

    The Eucharistic Theology and Ethics of Balthasar Hubmaier

    Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy

    This is the 317th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Does God still have special plans for ethnic Israel? Julian Stoltzfus argues that God made specific promises to Abraham and David that will be fulfilled in a future millennium. This will involve genuine heart revival and faith in Christ on the part of Israel and will happen in God’s time not ours. There is no reason Christians should politically support the current Israeli nation state.

    Article on Julian’s blog

    Julian’s article in The Sword and Trumpet

    Another relevant article from Julian’s blog

    The Sword and Trumpet position statement

    Revelation, the (Missing) Temple, and Eden

    Julian’s Email: [email protected]

    This is the 316th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Stephen Russell was raised a Roman Catholic and had ambitions of becoming a priest but ultimately left and joined the Anabaptists. In this episode, he explains the key doctrines that caused him to leave and where the Catholic church got several important points wrong. Mr. Russell explains some of the core Catholic beliefs, such as prayer to the saints and the Eucharist, while also showing how we oftentimes misunderstand key points of Catholic theology.

    "The Nicene Creed Guards the Bedrock of Our Faith"

    The Creed in the Ausbund

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  • When David Bercot was an Anglican priest, he believed in infant baptism and thought this was the position of the early church. Over time, he reevaluated this belief. In this episode he describes why he became convinced infant baptism was not the position of the early church.

    David Bercot's faith story

    Origen’s Commentary on Romans volume 1

    Origen's Commentary on Romans volume 2

    The Ante-Nicene Fathers

    David Bercot’s lecture, “What the Early Church Believed About Baptism”

    The Catacombs of St. Callixtus: History, Archaeology, Faith by Antonio Baruffa

    This is the 314th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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  • Nils grew up in the Netherlands and was militantly against Christianity; he fell deeply into the occult, drugs, and atheism. He explains why he believed this way and describes the darkness that comes from a life removed from Christ. Eventually, God redeemed Nils while he was living in Shanghai, China, though the whole of his journey into the church spanned across two continents.

    Saher’s Story

    Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? by David Bercot

    The Anabaptist Story by William Estep

    Special thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.

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  • Saimir Braho lived under the extreme Communist rule in Albania, sometimes called the “North Korea” of Europe. Saimir experienced the tragedy of how far an atheistic worldview can drive a country away from the good God intends. For many years, Saimir himself did not believe in Christ, but over time he began to realize the deep failures of mankind when it turns its back on God and religion. In this episode, Saimir exposes the terrible fruit that grows from the lie that humanity can fix itself and does not need God.

    Saimir’s story

    Special thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.

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  • On February 28, America and Israel began attacks on Iran. But why did this war start? What happened in the past to lead the world up to this moment? Chris Stoltzfus has studied Islam and the Middle East for years and he has spent time in Iran. He brings his extensive study and experience in the Middle East to this interview to bring clarity to a complex situation. Chris explains how we should respond to this war, how we can pray, and how we can engage with the Muslims we encounter.

    Video of Muslim imam discussing problems with the Qur’an

    John Ghanim’s testimony

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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

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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

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