The second in a seven part series looking at the seven articles of the 1527 Schleitheim Confession. The ban, or excommunication, is not one of the happy topics discussed in churches, nor (sadly) is Church Discipline conducted much these days. I believe the model exemplified in this confession displays a Biblical, Christ controlled discipline.
The first in a seven part series looking at the seven articles of the 1527 Schleitheim Confession. Baptism, obviously a volatile issue in centuries past if you did not adhere to infant baptism, has just as much relevance and importance for the Church today.
Ninthly, he has said that if the Turks should invade the country, no resistance ought to be offered them; and if it were right to wage war, he would rather take the field against the Christians than against the Turks; and it is certainly a great matter, to set the greatest enemies of our holy [...]
And by golly the kids get it. Without dumbing down or repackaging the life and teachings found in the Good News accounts, with some simple questions and discussions, our kids get it.
I am creating a series of posts discussing why congregations must not, at any time, choose armed security. To do so would be to lay down the cross of Christ and take up the sword of man. And you cannot carry both.
