Author Archives: Wesley Penner
Spirituality
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2017. Article 18: Spirituality. Article 18 is a follow up article to article 17 which talks … Continue reading
Discipleship
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2017. Article 17: Discipleship And The Christian Life. In the feeding of the five thousand, the … Continue reading
Church Order and Unity
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2017. Article 16: Church Order And Unity. A big part of the new Testament and of … Continue reading
Ministry & Leadership
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2017. Article 15: Ministry And Leadership. Canadian Geese flying in v-formation take turns being in the … Continue reading
Church discipline
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2017. Article 14: Discipline in the church. This is a picture of a church in Munster … Continue reading
Foot washing
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2016. Article 13: Foot washing. When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his … Continue reading
The Lord’s Supper
From 2015 to 2018 I preached a series of messages on the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. This messaged was preached in 2016. Article 12: The Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper, most commonly called Communion (which means “sharing … Continue reading
The sign of Baptism
I gave this message in 2016. Article 11 of the confession of faith in a Mennonite perspective. Starting with Baptism we have 3 articles that deal with Christian faith practices: Baptism, the Lord’s supper, and foot washing. How Mennonites view … Continue reading
The church in mission
I gave this message in 2016. Article 10 of the confession of faith in a Mennonite perspective. Our confession of faith has a number of articles related to the church. Previously I talked about Article 9, titled “The Church of … Continue reading
The church is not a building
I gave this message in 2016. Article 9 of the confession of faith in a Mennonite perspective. From the first paragraph of Article 9 of our confession of faith: We believe that the church is the assembly of those who … Continue reading