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Introduction Greetings, church family and friends, “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him” (Ps. 34:8). There is a troubling and increasingly common trend in Christian circles today: the insistence that lived fruit—the very evidence Scripture tells us reveals
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Mercy is God’s means, God’s mind, and God’s weapon. He crowns His people with compassion, giving them authority to release burdens and cancel debts. To forgive is to let the ocean of His grace flow through you and overcome evil with good. Forgiveness is release. It breaks every chain.
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I only recently came across a well-known study called The Rat Park Experiment. Researchers wanted to understand what leads to addiction. They confined rats in small, barren cages with only food, water, and two drinking spouts—one with pure water and one laced with cocaine. Every single time, the rats
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The church was never meant to be a collection of isolated gifts or competing traditions, but a living body and a single house—each member and movement joined together in divine interdependence until the whole temple of God stands complete on the earth.
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Dear Readers, Over the past two weeks, I’ve been exploring the theme of challenging our economic assumptions. Today I’m breaking from my usual schedule to share a guest essay, “Surviving the Jobs Apocalypse,” by my friend Rory Groves. Rory is one of those rare voices who unsettles complacency
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“We live in an age intoxicated with acquisition—where want disguises itself as need, and excess is called blessing. But this is not faith—it’s bondage. True freedom comes when we embrace God’s boundaries as gifts, finding in His provision not limitation, but peace and lordship.”
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A Brief Reflection on Stewardship, Grace, and True Godliness I was sitting with a brother this week, talking about finances—how even this most practical realm must come under God’s grace and dominion in our lives. From my perspective, there are two basic approaches to finances—one wrong and
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Guest Essay by Kay Toombs, PhD... In his recent newsletter, “A Crack in Your Phone,” Brother Asi shared his young daughter’s fervent wish that there was a crack in his phone so that, when he was out of town, she could crawl through the crack...
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Our culture applauds tolerance yet still carves out safe zones for bigotry. Labeling minority Christians as “cults” grants moral permission to hate—and hatred armed with a holy label is still hatred.
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Homeschooling succeeds or fails on the parents’ own learning. Children absorb not just lessons but the passion and conviction of their teachers. To raise lifelong learners, parents must become lifelong learners—building a home culture where growth, truth, and knowledge thrive.
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Faith is terrifying—it is certainty in the unseen. If truth is its source, faith becomes a conqueror. But when truth is abandoned, faith turns inward, becomes power, and finally collapses into hate. Only love, wed to truth, can stand against the spiral of deception.
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“When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie.” —Charlie Kirk I This is a day of sorrow for the nation: a day of shame and shock, of regret and reckoning, when we bow our heads to humility and stand stripped of excuses. A light has been quenched,
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In our community in Waco, Texas, we are in the midst of a busy and intense season. We are preparing for our 38th annual Homestead Fair, where we hope to greet and encourage thousands of visitors with hope and the message that an abundant life is possible. This week we
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The biggest season of holidays of the year, ending with Sukkot, the Biblical Feast of Booths, has just ended here in Israel. We usually see the first rain after summer around Sukkot. This year’s first shower was an especially heavy rain. We woke to its sound, and it continued
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Brother Tony and Sister Pat Salmeri have joined Brother Shahar and Sister Kim Yarden in Europe, as they travel to strengthen our fledgling communities and spread the message of hope. They journeyed to Finland, where they had a joyful reunion with Tony Tulsa, Ronnie and Bettina Beegroth, and their families.
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The Heritage New Zealand community purchased Mohaka River Farm with hopes to build a campground where visitors could choose from a variety of activities. Two years ago, a cyclone tore through the area with devastating results. Although the community has worked diligently, with much help coming from other communities, much
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Dylan and Marieke Kraijenoord, who are originally from the Netherlands, are part of our community in South Africa. A few months ago, Avidan, a young man from our community in Israel, visited the South Africa fellowship. He received the Holy Spirit there and grew close to Dylan. Dylan and his
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The plane taxied into Belize City, and our friend Isaac Enns met us at the airport. He drove us down the dirt roads to Orange Walk, where a concentrated group of 5,000 Mennonites live. Belize is a warm and humid country, with everything from monkeys in mango trees to
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A Visit to the Netherlands This July, Peter and Ruth May and their family, along with Rebekah Brydon, Noah VanNess, and David Wheeler, traveled to the Netherlands. Brother Jez Dumont from South Africa joined them. Their primary mission was to help Brother Maarten and Sister Lobat Kraijenoord and their family
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Contributed by Amy Phillips The Heritage Wisconsin community resides in the beautiful “Driftless Region” of the state. It began in July of 2022 with a few families from our Texas fellowship and a small handful of local formerly Amish families. We have since grown to 25 families, 135 people in
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At 2:45 Saturday morning, a group of 68 youth and team leaders left the Homestead Market parking lot in Waco, Texas, caravanning south with equipment in tow—33 chainsaws, 5 skid steers, 8 dump trailers, 2 mini excavators, and lots of small hand tools like shovels and rakes. The
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Contributed by Ashley Fowler The Heritage Virginia community began in June, 2014. Over the past eleven years, we’ve grown into a thriving community of 61 members and 47 children. This spring we have worked together to build the Heritage Table Bakery, which we plan to open this summer. Brothers
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Sue Reveile raised eleven children—four boys and seven girls—and now is a grandmother to forty grandchildren, with two great-grandchildren as well. She carries herself with quiet grace, her laugh quick and genuine. She was eager to share her testimony. She said that everything in her life had happened
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We plan to highlight one or more of our communities each month and provide photos and news. We hope you enjoy this new feature. Deary, Idaho Contributed by Gabe French Heritage Idaho was established in 2008 and has since grown to nearly 140 people living in 39 households (including 60