This was my sermon for Pentecost 2024. It was supposed to be preached at Houston Mennonite Church last week, the actual Pentecost Sunday, but we had this bad storm (derecho) in Houston and the church was without power several days. So I preached it yesterday and added a bit to make it also fit Trinity…
Before the word “pacifism” was coined about the year 1900, the word used for a philosophy of non-violence was non-resistance. This was the term used by Anabaptists, rooted in Jesus’ command in Matt. 5:39, “Do not resist an evil person.” The Global Anabaptist-Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) quotes two early leaders: Menno Simons said: “The regenerated do…
Pax et bonum 