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  • The Human Way God Gave Us the Bible. What About the Apocrypha? - Stephen Russell
    May 7 2026

    How did we get the Bible that we have today? What are the “missing books” of the Bible? Can we trust that the Bible we have is accurate and complete? Stephen Russell explores how we got the Bible in its present form and how the canon of Scripture was recognized.

    Church History in Plain Language

    The Bible Was Not Written in English. Why Is That Important? - Andrew Lamicela

    Here is a previous episode with Stephen Russell

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    1 h et 40 min
  • The Rich Sacramental Theology of Persecuted Anabaptists (While Reformation Wars Raged) - Dean Taylor
    Apr 30 2026

    The sacraments of the church were some of the most fundamental issues in the Reformation debates. Dean Taylor explains how intense these differences in theology were and how the Anabaptists were often persecuted and executed for not fitting with the standard Catholic or Protestant teaching of the time. So, what did the first Anabaptists believe about the sacraments?

    Dean’s previous episode on the atonement

    Our documentary channel on early Anabaptism

    The Eucharistic Theology and Ethics of Balthasar Hubmaier

    Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy

    This is the 317th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    1 h et 9 min
  • An Anabaptist Defense of Dispensationalism (You Don’t Have to Be Zionist) - Julian Stoltzfus
    Apr 23 2026

    Does God still have special plans for ethnic Israel? Julian Stoltzfus argues that God made specific promises to Abraham and David that will be fulfilled in a future millennium. This will involve genuine heart revival and faith in Christ on the part of Israel and will happen in God’s time not ours. There is no reason Christians should politically support the current Israeli nation state.

    Article on Julian’s blog

    Julian’s article in The Sword and Trumpet

    Another relevant article from Julian’s blog

    The Sword and Trumpet position statement

    Revelation, the (Missing) Temple, and Eden

    Julian’s Email: editor@swordandtrumpet.org

    This is the 316th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    1 h et 32 min
  • Why I Left the Catholics, and How We Misunderstand Them - Stephen Russell
    Apr 16 2026

    Stephen Russell was raised a Roman Catholic and had ambitions of becoming a priest but ultimately left and joined the Anabaptists. In this episode, he explains the key doctrines that caused him to leave and where the Catholic church got several important points wrong. Mr. Russell explains some of the core Catholic beliefs, such as prayer to the saints and the Eucharist, while also showing how we oftentimes misunderstand key points of Catholic theology.

    "The Nicene Creed Guards the Bedrock of Our Faith"

    The Creed in the Ausbund

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    1 h et 14 min
  • Early Church Texts Led Me to Adopt, then Reject, Infant Baptism - David Bercot
    Apr 9 2026

    When David Bercot was an Anglican priest, he believed in infant baptism and thought this was the position of the early church. Over time, he reevaluated this belief. In this episode he describes why he became convinced infant baptism was not the position of the early church.

    David Bercot's faith story

    Origen’s Commentary on Romans volume 1

    Origen's Commentary on Romans volume 2

    The Ante-Nicene Fathers

    David Bercot’s lecture, “What the Early Church Believed About Baptism”

    The Catacombs of St. Callixtus: History, Archaeology, Faith by Antonio Baruffa

    This is the 314th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    1 h et 15 min
  • Shamanism, Drugs, Atheism, and Finding God in China - Nils
    Apr 2 2026

    Nils grew up in the Netherlands and was militantly against Christianity; he fell deeply into the occult, drugs, and atheism. He explains why he believed this way and describes the darkness that comes from a life removed from Christ. Eventually, God redeemed Nils while he was living in Shanghai, China, though the whole of his journey into the church spanned across two continents.

    Saher’s Story

    Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up? by David Bercot

    The Anabaptist Story by William Estep

    Special thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.

    This is the 313th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    1 h et 44 min
  • Communism’s “Utopia” Couldn’t Fill the Void. Neither Could Capitalism. - Saimir Braho
    Mar 26 2026

    Saimir Braho lived under the extreme Communist rule in Albania, sometimes called the “North Korea” of Europe. Saimir experienced the tragedy of how far an atheistic worldview can drive a country away from the good God intends. For many years, Saimir himself did not believe in Christ, but over time he began to realize the deep failures of mankind when it turns its back on God and religion. In this episode, Saimir exposes the terrible fruit that grows from the lie that humanity can fix itself and does not need God.

    Saimir’s story

    Special thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.

    This is the 310th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    52 min
  • Why America is at War with Iran, the End Times, and the Quran - Chris Stoltzfus
    Mar 18 2026

    On February 28, America and Israel began attacks on Iran. But why did this war start? What happened in the past to lead the world up to this moment? Chris Stoltzfus has studied Islam and the Middle East for years and he has spent time in Iran. He brings his extensive study and experience in the Middle East to this interview to bring clarity to a complex situation. Chris explains how we should respond to this war, how we can pray, and how we can engage with the Muslims we encounter.

    Video of Muslim imam discussing problems with the Qur’an

    John Ghanim’s testimony

    This is the 311th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought.

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    1 h et 4 min