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The Brethren Card
This body of Christians originated early in the eighteenth century the church being a natural outgrowth of the Pietistic movement following the Reformation. Firmly accepts …
Drowning In A Ditch
When the English explorer Sir Francis Drake returned from his fifth voyage around the world, he was caught in a small but intense storm on …
Prayer and Revival
EditorialJuly/August, 2001Volume 36, Number 4 We continue this issue with our theme of revival. By the time you read this, Annual Conference will be in …
From Biblical Nonresistance to “Peace”
Editorial March/April, 1999 Volume 34, Number 2 It is necessary to be reminded again of basic New Testament teaching for the Christian. The Sermon on …
Brethren Mission Fund — Winter 2022
David and Veola Bucher David Bucher, from the Heidelberg Congregation (ANE District), and his wife Veola, have been serving in prison ministry in Alabama through …
Heaven For the Saved
EditorialJanuary/February, 2021Volume 56, Number 1 The word Heaven appears about (222) times in the New Testament. More than half of those occurrences (127) are …
Regular Columns
Over the years the BRF Witness has carried a number of regular columns besides the News and Comments section. They include:
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- A Word About Words
- New Testament Teachings
- The Bread Basket
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- A Word About Words
- New Testament Teachings
- The Bread Basket
Remembering to Forget
The rancor and ugliness of the letter still stings my memory, even though I received it decades ago. Its paragraphs dripped with hateful venom, the …
The Abandoned Bird Nest
J.H. Moore (1846-1935) served as Editor of the Church of the Brethren’s Gospel Messenger from 1883-1884 and again from 1891-1915. The Brethren Encyclopedia says of Brother Moore’s formative years: “As …
Non-Conformity — A Scriptural Teaching
The basis for the nonconformity teaching is Romans 12:2, “Be not conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” In …
When God Tinkers
The famous American automobile manufacturer, Henry Ford, one day hired an electrical genius, Charlie Steinmetz, to do some repair work at the plant on one …
Discernment
‘The ability to perceive, recognize, and distinguish” is how Webster defines discernment. He says further that discernment is “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what …
The Violinist
On January 12, 2007, a young man playing a violin stood at the L’Enfant Plaza subway station in Washington, D.C. In the forty-five minutes he performed that …
BRF Views
As a conference, we have written extensively on different views we hold to and why. Below is a list of different topics.
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- Abortion
- Adam and Eve
- Afghanistan
- Anabaptism
- Anabaptist thought
- Angels
- Annual Conference
- Answered prayer
- Apostasy in the church
- Applause in church
- Assurance of Salvation
- Attitudes toward Jesus
- Baptism
- Basic beliefs of the Brethren
- Biblical Reliability
- Biblical Trustworthiness
- Body Piercing
- Born again?
- Capital Punishment
- Capitalism
- Christ's Advent
- Christ's Resurrection
- Doctrine
- Early Brethren History
- Euthanasia
- Justice
- Later Brethren History
- New Testament
- Newer Bible translations
- Sin
- Tattoos
- The "Brethren" name
- The atonement of Christ
- The Blood of Christ
- The fall
- U.S. Bicentennial
- All
- Abortion
- Adam and Eve
- Afghanistan
- Anabaptism
- Anabaptist thought
- Angels
- Annual Conference
- Answered prayer
- Apostasy in the church
- Applause in church
- Assurance of Salvation
- Attitudes toward Jesus
- Baptism
- Basic beliefs of the Brethren
- Biblical Reliability
- Biblical Trustworthiness
- Body Piercing
- Born again?
- Capital Punishment
- Capitalism
- Christ's Advent
- Christ's Resurrection
- Doctrine
- Early Brethren History
- Euthanasia
- Justice
- Later Brethren History
- New Testament
- Newer Bible translations
- Sin
- Tattoos
- The "Brethren" name
- The atonement of Christ
- The Blood of Christ
- The fall
- U.S. Bicentennial
From Biblical Nonresistance to “Peace”
Editorial March/April, 1999 Volume 34, Number 2 It is necessary to be reminded again of basic New Testament teaching for the Christian. The Sermon on …
Brethren Mission Fund — Winter 2022
David and Veola Bucher David Bucher, from the Heidelberg Congregation (ANE District), and his wife Veola, have been serving in prison ministry in Alabama through …
Heaven For the Saved
EditorialJanuary/February, 2021Volume 56, Number 1 The word Heaven appears about (222) times in the New Testament. More than half of those occurrences (127) are …