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The Armchair Anabaptist podcast tackles big-picture theological questions through accessible, thoughtful conversations with authors, pastors, theologians, and other thinkers inside and outside of the Anabaptist tradition. Each season examines one main idea through the lenses of Scripture, history, theology, and personal reflections. We hope listeners will take their theology up, out of their armchair, and into the real world.
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Church V State
Mennonites have had an ambivalent relationship with politics from their earliest days, and despite our move into evangelicalism this flavour remains. In today’s episode we ask what the church’s obligation is to the state? What is the state’s obligation to the church and how should Christians interact with politics?
This episode dives into the account of the first church as portrayed in Acts 2 and asks if, and how, their way of being the church applies to us. Whether that makes you nervous about what’s coming in this episode or eager to hear more, you’ll find a range of potential applications of the early church model and plenty of things to think about.