![]() The persecution, suffering and anxiety which befalls it for the sake of the truth of the Lord, is to it a glorious joy and consolation. ![]() He spoke famously of “true evangelical faith.” Most often quoted is this lovely yet challenging section explaining new life in Christ:įor true evangelical faith is of such a nature that it cannot lay dormant but manifests itself in all righteousness and works of love it dies unto flesh and blood destroys all forbidden lusts and desires cordially seeks, serves and fears God clothes the naked feeds the hungry consoles the afflicted shelters the miserable aids and consoles all the oppressed returns good for evil serves those that injure it prays for those that persecute it teaches, admonishes and reproves with the Word of the Lord seeks that which is lost binds up that which is wounded heals that which is diseased and saves that which is sound. ![]() ![]() We have too often forgotten the words of Menno Simons, the Catholic priest turned persecuted reformer from whom the tradition takes its name. Christians who narrate their relationship to the nation-state quite differently than we do.īut most recently my tiny adopted tradition has become cool nonviolence has become fashionable (and God help us if we so depreciate the cost of waging peace). Indeed, many Mennonites shirk the label “evangelical,” especially as it often associates us with U.S. ![]()
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