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Faith in Today's World

Will your children grow up to have faith? How do we live as Christians in the midst of today’s world which seems to devalue matters of faith, and especially institutional religion? Stuart Murray is our guest on Shaping Families this week. He is a trainer and consultant in England on topics such as church planting, the “emerging” church movement, and Anabaptist history and theology. He is the author of 14 books on the general topic of faith and outreach, and most recently, The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith. 

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Just Sayin'

Emily Ralph

Do spots make a cat a cheetah? Do stripes make a horse a zebra? What is it that defines YOUR faith?

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This Week's Resources

BOOK:
The Naked Anabaptist. Anabaptist Christians have been around for almost 500 years. But what does Anabaptism look like when not clothed in Mennonite or Amish traditions? Writing from Great Britain, Stuart Murray peels back the layers to reveal the core components of Anabaptism—and what they mean for faith in his context and others. 180 pages. Paperback.

VIDEO:
Rediscovering Anabaptism (Cloud of Witnesses) DVD

Who are the Mennonites? DVD 15-minute DVD invites viewers to “worship with us and see how we live.” Also explores Mennonite history, beliefs and practices in an easy-to-understand way. 4-minute downloadable version also available in English and Spanish.
 

Related Resources

See Stuart Murray talking on these themes in video clips.

BOOKS 

Planting Churches in the 21st Century.  

Churches After Christendom (also titled Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World) 

Church Planting: Laying Foundations The Challenge of the City; Explaining Church Discipline: Hope from the Margins; Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition; Beyond Tithing and more. Click here for complete listing.

What is an Anabaptist Christian? A small booklet by Mennonite pastor Palmer Becker exploring now Anabaptism calls for a radical return to New Testament faith. 

Ask Third Way Café: 50 Common and Quirky Questions about Mennonites. Many people send e-mails to Third Way Café website asking questions about Mennonites. This book shares a variety of actual questions and answers in an easy to read format. 

WEBSITES 

Anabaptist Network. Stuart Murray is one of the founders of the Anabaptist Network, which is made up of people from all over Britain and from a wide range of church backgrounds. 

www.ThirdWay.com Flagship website for Third Way Media since 1998, with thousands of pages of information on Mennonites for the general public.

Burton's Blog

Our Children's Freedom to Choose

Burton Buller

Many years ago I heard Dr. David Augsburger say that we all needed to remember that anyone was entitled to reject the Christian message of salvation. By implication everyone needed to come to their own un-coerced decision regarding their journey with, or without, God.
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Next Week

Next week we hear from Pam, a woman whose life was changed by volunteering with others to help in clean-up after a disaster. She was changed not so much by work she did, but by the people she encountered. How does service rendered in love end up changing you?

Favorite Family Recipes

Doreen's Oatmeal Bread

Melodie Davis says, "This comes 'more or less' from the More-with-Less Cookbook, the classic Mennonite cookbook that came out the year my husband and I were married. My copy is missing its cover and spattered with oil and flour. In our version, we use a little more flour than the recipe called for, and we always use two packages of yeast rather than one."
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