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regarding the Iconocast

by Mark Van Steenwyk 20 December 2011
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As you may know, Jesus Radicals has a podcast–the Iconocast. For about two years, we’ve interviewed a wide array of guests. We don’t always interview Christians or anarchists. Rather, we interview those who we believe have some wisdom to share for those who are exploring the intersection of Christianity and anarchism.
One of the things we [...]

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New Site Launch

by Andy Alexis-Baker 20 September 2010
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We are happy to announce that the Jesus Manifesto and Jesus Radicals websites have been combined. We are still working out some of the kinks, but all the content from both sites are now available.
We will be bringing you new content on a regular basis in the near future, including posts from regular contributors throughout [...]

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The new Peaceable Kingdom is here

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 28 May 2010

About four years ago now, I attended the first Wake Up Weekend vegan event at Calvin College as a skeptical pseudo-vegetarian. (Yes. I admit that at that time I was–for some inexplicable reason–still convinced that fish were not animals.) I could see why killing cows, pigs, chicken and other animals for food was problematic–especially from [...]

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A Credibility Crisis? Reform? by Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy 24 April 2010
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The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith

by Alan Kreider 13 April 2010

The Naked Anabaptist, published on April 1, is not a joke. It is a remarkably accessible presentation of Anabaptism as good news for people today of all traditions who want to follow Jesus. Its author, Stuart Murray, is English and writes from the experience of the Anabaptist Network in the UK. The Network’s [...]

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Video of Jesus Is Lord Pilgrimage to Goshen College

by Administrator 10 April 2010

The Goshen College Journal has produced a video of some of the events that happened April 5, 2010 when we delivered the first wave of signatures to Goshen College asking them to repeal their decision to play the national anthem at some sporting events. The video is well-done and accurately depicts what happened. For those [...]

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Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Goshen College Asked to Repeal Decision and Given New Flags

by Andy Alexis-Baker 6 April 2010
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Allegiance, Christianity and Anthems

by David Jost 1 April 2010

On January 21 2010, Goshen College administrators announced the decision to begin playing an instrumental version of the national anthem at the beginning of some sports games. To the outside media, as well as many of those who celebrated the decision, the 116-year tradition of not playing the national song was rooted in some [...]

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Jesus is Lord! Post-Easter Pilgrimage and celebration: April 5

by Administrator 28 March 2010

April 5, 2010
Jesus is Lord! Post-Easter Pilgrimage and celebration
10:45 a.m. Gather at Rogers Park*
11 a.m. Start walk to Goshen College
Noon Arrive at Broken Shield on campus†
You are invited to a festive post-Easter celebration of our allegiance to the risen Christ and his way of shalom! Over 1,200 people from across the Mennonite Church and beyond [...]

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In Memoriam: Christian Peacemaker Teams founding director Gene Stoltzfus dies

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 11 March 2010

From Christian Peacemaker Teams
Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, died March 10 after a heart attack. He served as CPT director from its founding in 1988 until 2004, when he retired and moved to Fort Frances, Ontario. He was born in 1940.
Gene traveled to Iraq immediately before the first Gulf War in 1991 [...]

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