Mennonite Weekly Review

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Feb. 6 issue

• Biblical violence: God’s or ungodly?

  Pacifist Christians can’t avoid the problem of violence in the Old Testament. So when Anabaptist Bible scholars debate a controversial answer, they’ve got our attention.

Jan. 23 issue

• Give us this day our daily unity

  Anabaptists consider the Lord’s Supper in part a personal, one-on-one connection with God, by way of Christ’s sacrifice. Like the Lord’s Prayer, it is also a celebration in which the whole body comes together, united in its remembrance of salvation.

Jan. 16 issue

• A unique stand against militarism

  Among Republicans running for president, Ron Paul stands out as the anti-militarist candidate. For those who look back with regret on a dec­ade of foreign intervention, Paul’s rejection of recent wars — as well as a currently contemplated one — is part of his appeal.

Jan. 9 issue

• Can we learn from an atheist?

  Christopher Hitchens believed religion is the world’s main source of hatred and tyranny. The British-born writer, who died Dec. 15 at age 62, was famous for his controversial conclusions. “Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated,” he once said.

Jan. 2 issue

• To redeem the time, be a servant

  After ending the year by celebrating God’s coming to Earth in the flesh, we tack up a new calendar with the hopeful thought that Jesus is still with us in spirit “to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:20).

Dec. 19, 2011 issue

• Quotes from 2011

  • The strength of the church lies in the gospel it proclaims. — Cleophus LaRue, Princeton Theological Seminary professor, speaking at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s Pastors Week

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• Christmas’ holy contradictions

  The Messiah’s birth. The end of the beginning; the beginning of the end. The divider of testaments; the uniter of people. The long-prophesied arrival of the King of kings, raining glorious terror on simple shepherds; the humblest of births in a leftover shack of a barn. God’s most precious gift, divinity made flesh; an unmarried virgin, pregnant by virtue of the Holy Spirit.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• The mystery of a big God

  Open the blue hymnal, and there it is on the first page: mystery. “Words from afar, stars that are falling, sparks that are sown in us like seed. Names for our God, dreams, signs and wonders, sent from the past are what we need.”

Nov. 28, 2011 issue

• Hope for a new Haiti

  Haiti will always be Haiti. It will never change. That’s what a young, educated Haitian told me as our Land Cruiser meandered past the still-destroyed National Palace. He said he had little hope for his country but would always have hope for himself and his family.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• For what can we give thanks?

  Another Thanksgiving is nearly here. Highways will be clogged with travelers, joined somewhere by the threat of nasty weather, ever the unwanted guest. Mercantiles and nonprofits alike hold their financial breath, hoping for annual holiday salvation. One or two family members overextend themselves, pining for a Norman Rockwell-approved magical moment of harmony and gratitude.

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