Welcome! This website is a search for the historic Christian faith in an Anabaptist fashion. I’m offering a biblically and historically sound framework that Anabaptists can use to better understand their faith.
What are the teachings of the historic faith?
Explanations of and apologetics for the doctrines and practices. Who are the Anabaptists?
Do their teachings align with the historic faith? Are Catholic and Protestant doctrines true?
Evaluating the evidence.
Arguing Like Apollos
I’m engaged in apologetics, which is an attempt to defend the truth. One of the faults of apologetics can be that the apologist can stop searching for truth and end up defending what isn’t fully true. To counteract that, I try to be like Apollos (Acts 18:24-28), who defended what he thought was true, until he was corrected by those who knew better than he did, when he began to defend the actual truth with the same zeal.
On this site, I evaluate the best evidence for each view of Christianity. I defend what I think is true against other views, so that I can evaluate whether it actually is worth defending. If it is, I stick to it. If it isn’t, I follow the view that is truer. So this site is my honest assessment of what I think is true, and I would love to hear from you if you have evidence I’ve missed.
Latest Posts
- Do Post-Nicene Fathers Exemplify Apostolic Christianity?The Eastern Orthodox Church bases much of their theology on the “Fathers.” Typically, this means Christian writers who lived before approximately the 800s. The most influential church fathers for them tend to be those who lived and wrote between 325 …
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- Can We Quote Origen Against Icons?In my post on icons, I cited Origen as evidence against the early Christian use of icons. The quote below shows that Origen didn’t believe veneration of images to be a Christian practice: [Christians] abhor altars and images on the …
- Standards & OrdnungAnabaptists have a distinctive set of beliefs based on our plain reading of Scripture. However, many Anabaptist churches, especially those that are considered Conservative Anabaptist (see the definition in this article), have church standards (called Ordnung by the Amish) over …
- Anabaptist DistinctivesIn this article, I’ll list the distinctive Anabaptist beliefs, with an explanation of what they consist of. Many of these beliefs and practices are also accepted by other groups. However, few groups practice them all. If you believe and practice …
- Why Not Be Anabaptist?This article is an argument for Anabaptism for those who are confused by endless doctrinal disputes. You may see good things in different Christian denominations, but you also see the holes in the narratives of different sides. So how are …
- Two Kingdoms & Separation From the World—a DefenseThe essence of Anabaptism, and our most defining belief, is probably the doctrine of the two kingdoms, or the related doctrine of separation from the world. Basically all our distinctive beliefs flow from the two-kingdom concept. (Another possibility for the …
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