Many other people have written about how disappointed they are with Goshen College’s decision to play the national anthem. Here is a list of some commentary outside the jesus radicals site that we have found.
UPDATE 7/14/2010
- Exiles and Citizens, (July 4th) – 7/4/10 – Jeremiah 29:4-7, Daniel 3 — Sermon by Joel Miller at Cincinnati Mennonite
- Reverse anthem decision — by Roger Farmer, The Mennonite 7/1/2010
- Web exclusive: John Howard Yoder’s ‘irresponsibility’? The Mennonite — by LeVon Smoker
- Letter to the Editor — Yorifumi Yaguchi, The Goshen College Record (Draws on the authors Japanese context and Christian refusal there to sing the Japanese anthem)
- Ready for rejection — by Eugene K. Souder, Mennonite Weekly Review
- Implications of flag, anthem — by John and Betty Drescher, Mennonite Weekly Review
- Because Words Matter, Schleitheim
- Letter to Editor, from GC Faculty, The Goshen College Record
- Letter to the Editor — David Hiebert, The Goshen College Record
- Letter to the Editor — Rueben Miller, The Goshen College Record
- Patriotism mit paxibum, ja? — By Glenn Lehman, Mennonite Weekly Review
- Goshen anthem decision debated — Celeste Kennel-Shank, Mennonite Weekly Review
- Is the Roman Emperor Still Your God? — John Goerzen
- To Whom Should Christians Pledge Allegiance? — Heber Brown, III, Faith in Action
- Goshen College caves – Peacemaking, Convictions and Heritage — Amish Phonebook
- No national anthem at Goshen, please — Halden, Inhabitatio Dei (contains a good comments discussion)
- The national anthem and Christ’s lordship — Celeste Kennel-Shank, Mennonite Weekly Review
- An Open Letter to Goshen College — Britt Kaufmann
- Christian College Reconsiders National Anthem: Has 114 year history of NOT singing it — Heber Brown, III, Faith in Action
- Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation — Tim Nafziger, The Mennonite
- I am making peace with the national anthem — Sheldon C. Good, The Mennonite
- Letter to the editor on GC’s anthem decision — East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church, in Lancaster, Penn., The Goshen College Record
