- Life & FaithMonthly Prayer FocusPrayer
Holy Spirit/Saint-Espirit – Fill Us with Your Gentleness/Remplis Nous de ta Douceur!
For the month of September, we invite the Holy Spirit to fill us with the fruit of gentleness; that eighth quality of the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5.
The word “exorcism” (or “deliverance”) is commonly defined as something like this: A ritualized process where a skilled and gifted individual (technically an ‘exorcist’) forcibly commands one or more demonic forces who have taken up ‘residence’ within a person to leave that person.
Why do we read the Bible? I grew up in church, and I spend a lot of time listening to people talk about the importance of reading the Bible.
I didn’t attend church for most of my youth, typical for many Quebecers. Despite that, I had always been interested in faith, God, and spiritual matters, but it wasn’t ‘cool,’ and it wasn’t something you would talk about.
Outrage is the ultimate reality distorter. It’s also an attractive false gospel. What?
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.
Our August “Moments in Prayer” is focused on prayers for the Holy Spirit to fill us with Faithfulness (Pistis).
- Bible studyLife & Faiththeology
New to the MB Confession of Faith: Article 1 Explanatory Notes (Part 2)
In 2020, the NFLT began the long-term project of rewriting and updating the resources for each of the 18 articles in the MB Confession of Faith. The new resources will include Explanatory Notes and FAQ responses for each article.
I remember leaning over a fence with Harold Ens—my former boss and the Latin American Director, before he became the General Director, of our mission board—and telling him that if for some reason my wife Esther and I didn’t return to Bogota, Colombia, as missionaries, we would plant the best missions-supporting church ever in North America.
I appreciated the question in the Q&R section of the MB Herald Digest June 2023 issue. The question asked national readers to responsd to the recent Direction issue dedicated to a study about how MB congregations use our Confession of Faith. The question helped to bring out another important perspective in the conversation surrounding this topical issue.