Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference

Mennonites put the 'pie' in piety

Martin Luther, a contemporary of the early Anabaptists, was famously transformed by Romans 1:17: "The righteous shall live by faith." He emphasized faith over works even when it seemed to backfire in his own congregation. The early Anabaptists weren't satisfied with Luther's definition of faith but broadened and "thickened" it. In this episode, Layton Friesen and Darryl Klassen unpack how the early Mennonites understood faith and works.

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Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference

Works without faith are dead

Ephesians 2:8-10 offers a counterbalance to James 2, reminding us that we’re saved by faith. We asked Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good and James Driedger - are faith and works opposed to each other? If not, how are they compatible?

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Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference Season 3 Evangelical Mennonite Conference

Faith without works is dead

Anchored in James 2:14-26, guests Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good and James Driedger help answer the question: what do we mean by faith and works, and how does this passage address the relationship between the two?

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