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Jewel Showalter

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 11

“Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk!” If you’ve been tracking with Rosedale Bible College’s Beacon articles in 2022, you’ve heard writers speak soberly of cringe-worthy mistakes we’ve made as a church. There’s been erroneous biblical interpretation, pharisaical nonconformity, botched race relationships, and sincere mission efforts that

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Merle Nisly

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 10

A Tale of Unintended Consequences Beginning in 1953, mission-minded Mennonites from various communities in the United States moved to a region of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. News of the remote Ojibwe and Oji-Cree villages of the area drove the powerful vision for a significant missionary movement

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Phil Weber

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 9

When Christians Gain Political PowerI was happily test-driving our newly repaired little 1994 pickup when I was distressed to hear a radio preacher state that the earliest Christian creed— “Jesus is Lord”—is a political statement. The preacher went on to say that attempts to separate

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Leon Ruch

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 8

Holy Smokes! The Church is on Fire! I first visited the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the spring of 2004 as part of Rosedale Bible College’s European Study Tour, and have returned several times since then. It’s not the oldest (that would be St.

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