Monthly Archives: June 2011
Convictions About Jesus 1996/2011 (1)
[This is the third of a series of six posts on how my faith convictions have changed (or not) in the past 15 years that I have been a college professor. Not long before leaving congregational ministry to begin teaching … Continue reading
Filed under Biblical theology, Jesus, Mennonite, Theology
Changing Convictions About God? 1996/2011 (2)
Ted Grimsrud—June 26, 2011 [This is the second in a six-post series reflecting on how my mind has changed (or not) over the last 15 years that I have been a college professor. Shortly before I finished my tenure as … Continue reading
Convictions About God 1996/2011 (1)
[Back in the mid-1990s, I co-pastored with my wife Kathleen in a rural Mennonite congregation in the Midwest. Not long before we moved to Virginia for me to begin teaching I did a series of sermons trying to state in … Continue reading
Why Pacifism?
Ted Grimsrud—June 21, 2011 In many Mennonite churches, the first Sunday in July is designated Peace Sunday. In recognition of that important upcoming “church holiday” (more important to me than about any other), I am posting some appropriate reflections. As … Continue reading
Filed under Biblical theology, Empire, Jesus, Pacifism, Salvation, Theology, World War II
Grandchildren and Hope
Ted Grimsrud—June 18, 2011 When our grandson Elias entered our lives in June, 2006, we could feel the stakes increase immediately. Lots of things mattered more than ever before. This is even more the case since his little sister, Marja, … Continue reading
Defending Yoder: Part Two—Earl Zimmerman’s Account
In response to a critical review of his book Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom by John Nugent that challenged his reading of John Howard Yoder, Peter Leithart suggests that it is important not … Continue reading
Filed under Jesus, John Howard Yoder, Mennonite, Moral philosophy, Pacifism, Peter Leithart, Theology
