In The Beginning of the Story Geddert embarks on an important task: he is trying to tell us why it is important to keep on reading the Old Testament.
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In this modest volume, Michael Bird, academic dean and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, is addressing what is often a poorly understood meaning of “secular” …
It is with sadness, but also enduring gratitude, that Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) announces the closure of book sales activities of the Mennonitische Post, effective March 31, 2024.
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Book Review: A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders
by Harold JantzA friend recommended this book by the evangelical church leader Mark Sayers to me and I picked it up soon after. I was happy I did. Sayers is the senior …
Mark Baker (PhD., Duke University) is J.B. Toews Professor of Mission and Theology at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California and the author of Freedom from Religiosity and Judgmentalism: Studies …
Letters to My Friends, a work of 320 pages, was written by Philip A. Gunther and was published in 2022 by Kindred Productions of Winnipeg. Reviewed by Harold Jantz.
Two retired teachers sit in front of their audience at McNally Robinson Booksellers: Sarah Klassen about to read from her most recent novel, The Russian Daughter, and her former fellow …
The story Elmer Thiessen writes is a vivid reminder of how challenging it can be to be an outspoken Christian academic in a secular setting. Essentially it had to do …
Abe Dueck’s new book, Mennonite Brethren Bible College: A History of Competing Visions “is also the story of Mennonite Brethren in Canada, combining evangelical and Anabaptist impulses. Sometimes the two …
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Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion.
by Harold JantzTitle: Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion. Author: By Rebecca McLaughlin Harold Jantz reviews and recommends this book that will not only equip you intellectually but …
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Unsettling Truths: The on-going, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
Title: Unsettling Truths: The on-going, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery. Author: Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah This book shines a damning light on the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the …
Following Jesus requires more than intention—it demands direction. And it’s typically easier to stay the course when you have others travelling beside you and everyone can see the intended destination.
Speaking of God Anthony G. Siegrist Herald Press Reviewed by Joshua Nightingale What is the subject? Siegrist sets out to write a “little introductory handbook on Christian theology.” Speaking of …
All That Belongs Dora Dueck Turnstone Press Reviewed by Jon Isaak The novel – featuring a retired Mennonite archivist named Catherine Riediger, who makes several startling discoveries of her own …