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Anabaptist Christianity

// July 4th, 2009 // Bible

Missio Dei explains the core values of Anabaptist Christianity as thus:

1. Jesus is the center of our faith.

2. Community is the center of our lives.

3. Reconciliation is the center of our work.

I was particularly drawn to this comment:

Many Christians today have what is called a “flat” Bible. They assume that the words of God interpreted by Moses in the Old Testament are as authorative as the words of Jesus in the New Testament. People with this understanding of Scripture downgrade the importance of Christ’s life and words. They often go primarily to the Old Testament for their political and social ethics and to the Ten Commandments for their personal ethics. This way of seeing the Bible determines their stance on such issues as war, capital punishment and social justice.

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