The Armchair Anabaptist
by Evangelical Mennonite Conference
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Season 3: Confessions of an Armchair Anabaptist–Episode 11
Season 3: Confessions of an Armchair Anabaptist–Episode 11
About this podcast
A podcast for thoughtful conversations on Anabaptist theology and life. The Armchair Anabaptist is a podcast of the Evangelical Mennonite Conference (EMC), hosted by Andrew Dyck, Jesse Penner, and Geralyn Witchers.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- Season 3: Confessions of an Armchair Anabaptist–Episode 11 · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 11It’s human nature to hide our sins and weaknesses, but radical transparency in the church can counter both sin and “keeping up appearances” Christianity. Peter Ascough and Arlene…
- Season 3: Gold star Christians–Episode 10 · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 10Jesus delivered some potent words about judging others wrongly. Why was this so important to him? Kevin Wiebe and Andy Woodworth join the Armchair Anabaptists to discuss how…
- Season 3: Keeping up appearances–Episode 9 · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 9It can be tough to keep the Mennonite ethic of good works from turning into simply keeping up appearances—acting like a good, upstanding member of the church even as things…
- Season 3: Spiritual disciplines–Episode 8 · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 8Intentional time with God and practices of spiritual formation are essential parts of an abiding relationship with Jesus—but they also easily tip into legalism. Roger Helland…
- Season 3: The branch abides–Episode 7 · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 7Jesus says that those who abide in him will bear fruit, but that apart from him we can do nothing. We might understand this fruit as the “works” in the faith-and-works equation…
- Season 3: What we bind on earth–Episode 6 · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 6There’s this fascinating moment in Matthew 18 when Jesus speaks to his disciples—for the first and last time—about this concept that what they bind on earth will be bound in…
- Season 3: Health, wealth, and holy misconceptions–Episode 5 · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 5The waters get awfully murky when we talk about the relationship between good works and good outcomes in life. We asked James Driedger and Lissa Wray Beal what exactly the…
- Season 3: The splinter group–Episode 4 · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 4The Kleine Gemeinde–now the EMC–emerged from a church community that they saw as slipping into spiritual stagnation. But when they became the isolated 'still in the land,' it…
- Season 3: Mennonites put the 'pie' in piety–Episode 3 · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 3Martin Luther, a contemporary of the early Anabaptists, was famously transformed by Romans 1:17: “The righteous shall live by faith.” He emphasized faith over works even when it…
- Season 3: Works without faith are dead–Episode 2 · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 2Ephesians 2:8-10 offers a counterbalance to James 2, reminding us that we’re saved by faith. We asked Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good, and James Driedger—are faith and…
- Season 3: Faith without works is dead–Episode 1 · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 1Anchored in James 2:14–26, guests Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good, and James Driedger help answer the question: What do we mean by faith and works, and how does this…
- The Ban - Community E11 · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 11The ban is that thing in the Anabaptist closet. Stories abound of this severe and condemnatory method of church discipline—its use and mostly its misuse. But what was it that…
- Kleine Gemeinde - Community E10 · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 10The Anabaptist suspicion of top-down leadership remains alive and well in EMC churches, but does congregational governance actually work, and if not, why not and what are the…
- Church V State - Community E9 · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 9Mennonites have had an ambivalent relationship with politics from their earliest days, and despite our move into evangelicalism this flavour remains. In today’s episode we ask…
- In But Not Of - Community E8 · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 8In the world, but not of it, has been a particular challenge for Anabaptists who isolated themselves early in their history and still carry some of that culture. Guests today…
- The Body - Community E7 · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 7Is the body just a helpful analogy of how the church functions together or is it more than that? Is it expressing something more real? And if that is true, is the connection…
- Everything in Common - Community E6 · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 6The episode dives into the iconic and very challenging picture of community life portrayed in Acts 2. Whether that makes you nervous about what’s coming or eager, you’ll find a…
- God With Us - Community E5 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 5After looking at the beginning and at the end, we’re back to the centre of the gospel story—Jesus—born and raised with a human body like everyone else on earth. What does that…
- At the End - Community E4 · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 4Having looked at the beginning, Jesse and Andrew now ask if you can find guidelines for community in Revelation. Does the plan, or design God has for things will end, provide…
- In The Beginning - Community E3 · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 3The term “community” is never used in Genesis 1-3. In fact the passage is focused on God, a single couple and the world around them. How do we find the basis of community in that…
