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The Good War That Wasn’t—and Why It Matters

World War II’s Moral Legacy

By: Ted Grimsrud

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The Good War That Wasn’t—and Why It Matters

World War II’s Moral Legacy

By: Ted Grimsrud

A war is always a moral event. However, the most destructive war in human history has not received much moral scrutiny. The Good War That Wasn't--and Why It Matters examines the moral legacy of this war, especially for the United States. Drawing on the just war tradition and on moral values expressed in widely circulated statements of purpose for the war, the book asks: How did American participation in the war fit with just cause and just conduct criteria? Subsequently the book considers the impact of the war on American foreign policy in the years that followed. How did American actions cohere (or not) with the stated purposes for the war, especially self-determination for the peoples of the world and disarmament? Finally, the book looks at the witness of war opponents. Values expressed by war advocates were not actually furthered by the war. However, many war opponents did inspire efforts that effectively worked toward the goals of disarmament and self-determination. The Good War That Wasn't--and Why It Matters develops its arguments in pragmatic terms. It focuses on moral reasoning in a commonsense way in its challenge to widely held assumptions about World War II.

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1630876283

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To Follow the Lamb

A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

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To Follow the Lamb

A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

For many, the book of Revelation seems hopelessly hard to interpret. It gives the impression of being full of frightening and confusing visions. However, To Follow the Lamb: A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation shows that Revelation actually is fascinating, inspiring, and empowering. The key to reading Revelation is simple. Let’s take seriously the opening words of the book that tell us it is a “revelation of Jesus Christ.” Let’s expect Revelation to help us understand Jesus and his will for us. We may expect that Revelation shares the same basic sensibility that we find in the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament. Revelation is an exhortation to discipleship—follow the Lamb wherever he goes! It offers a sharp critique of the world’s empires and of how people of faith find ways to be comfortable within the empires. Revelation portrays God as merciful and peaceable—but engaged in a battle against the spiritual powers of evil, as fought with the weapons of love, not worldly violent weapons. To Follow the Lamb opens up Revelation’s blueprint for faithful living: Resistance to the empires and embrace of the compassionate and healing love of the Lamb.

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1666732249

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Embodying the Way of Jesus

Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Embodying the Way of Jesus

Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century

By: Ted Grimsrud

The Anabaptist tradition, originating as part of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, has from its beginning presented an alternative approach to Christian faith. Jesus-centered Anabaptist convictions such as pacifism, simple living, and community remain of vital concern for twenty-first-century Christians. Embodying the Way of Jesus: Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century traces the origins and historical expressions of Anabaptist faith and then suggests ways Anabaptist convictions speak to our contemporary world. Ted Grimsrud proposes a fourfold approach to interpreting Anabaptist theology, considering themes from the Bible, from the tradition's history, from present experience, and from envisioning a hopeful future. What emerges is an engaging portrait of a living tradition that speaks with urgency and relevance to a world badly in need of a message of peace.

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149827613X

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Instead of Atonement

The Bible’s Salvation Story and Our Hope for Wholeness

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Instead of Atonement

The Bible’s Salvation Story and Our Hope for Wholeness

By: Ted Grimsrud

Do atonement theologies that focus on Jesus' death underwrite human violence? If so, we do well to rethink beliefs that this death is necessary to bring salvation. Focusing on the Bible's salvation story, Instead of Atonement argues for a logic of mercy to replace Christianity's traditional logic of retribution. The book traces the Bible's main salvation story through God's liberating acts, the testimony of the prophets, and Jesus's life and teaching. It then takes a closer look at Jesus's death and argues that his death gains its meaning when it exposes violence in the cultural, religious, and political Powers. God's raising of Jesus completes the story and vindicates Jesus's life and teaching. The book also examines the understandings of salvation in Romans and Revelation that reinforce the message that salvation is a gift of God and that Jesus's "work" has to do with his faithful life, his resistance to the Powers, and God's vindication of him through resurrection. The book concludes that the "Bible's salvation story" provides a different way, instead of atonement, to understand salvation. In turn, this biblical understanding gives us today theological resources for a mercy-oriented approach to responding to wrongdoing, one that follows God's own model.

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The Good War That Wasn't--and Why It Matters

World War II's Moral Legacy

By: Ted Grimsrud

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World War II's Moral Legacy

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Embodying the Way of Jesus

Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century

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Triumph of the Lamb

A Self-Study Guide to the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Triumph of the Lamb

A Self-Study Guide to the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

The book of Revelation is as current today as ever. It offers encouragement and guidance for faithful Christian living in the nuclear age. It does not speak only of a distant past or far-off future. ÒTriumph of the LambÓ, a self-study guide to the book of Revelation, provides aid for understanding the then and now of the last book in the Bible. Each section of the book contains study question, a brief explanation of the biblical passage, a discussion of the meaning for today, and penetrating questions for thought and discussion. The book is designed for the average person who would like to unlock the secrets of this strange and fascinating book of the Bible. For those who wish to go deeper, a general introduction to Revelation is also provided. The book ends with a concluding discussion of significant theological and ethical questions, and a guide to further study. Revelation is a difficult book to understand, but its author promises, ÒBlessed are those who read, hear, and keep the words contained in this book.Ó ÒTriumph of the LambÓ aims to contribute to that blessing.

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To Follow the Lamb

A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

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A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation

By: Ted Grimsrud

For many, the book of Revelation seems hopelessly hard to interpret. It gives the impression of being full of frightening and confusing visions. However, To Follow the Lamb: A Peaceable Reading of the Book of Revelation shows that Revelation actually is fascinating, inspiring, and empowering. The key to reading Revelation is simple. Let's take seriously the opening words of the book that tell us it is a "revelation of Jesus Christ." Let's expect Revelation to help us understand Jesus and his will for us. We may expect that Revelation shares the same basic sensibility that we find in the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament. Revelation is an exhortation to discipleship--follow the Lamb wherever he goes! It offers a sharp critique of the world's empires and of how people of faith find ways to be comfortable within the empires. Revelation portrays God as merciful and peaceable--but engaged in a battle against the spiritual powers of evil, as fought with the weapons of love, not worldly violent weapons. To Follow the Lamb opens up Revelation's blueprint for faithful living: Resistance to the empires and embrace of the compassionate and healing love of the Lamb.

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Instead of Atonement

The Bible’s Salvation Story and Our Hope for Wholeness

By: Ted Grimsrud

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The Bible’s Salvation Story and Our Hope for Wholeness

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John Howard Yoder

Radical Theologian

By: Earl Zimmerman,Zachary J. Walton,Gerald J. Mast,Ted Grimsrud

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John Howard Yoder

Radical Theologian

By: Earl Zimmerman,Zachary J. Walton,Gerald J. Mast,Ted Grimsrud

This book argues that for John Howard Yoder both theology (in particular Christology) and ethics are expressions of the meaning of the narrative of Jesus. All such statements are relative to a particular context, which means that theology and ethics are always subject to reaching back to the narrative in order to restate the meaning in new and ever-changing contexts. This methodology is visible in Yoder's Preface to Theology, which has been little used in most treatments of Yoder's thought. Yoder has been characterized as standing on Nicene orthodoxy, criticized for rejecting Nicene orthodoxy, called heterodox, and designated a postmodern thinker to be interpreted in terms of other such thinkers. None of these characterizations adequately locates the basis of his methodology in the narrative of Jesus. Thus John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian aims to go beyond or to supersede existing treatments with its demonstration that Yoder is a radical theologian in the historical meaning of radical--that is, as one who returns to the root. For Christian faith, this root is Jesus Christ. Parts II and III of the book explore the sources of Yoder's approach, and its application in several contemporary contexts.

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1630876429

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Writing Peace

Collected Pacifist Writings: Volume One: Short Articles

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Writing Peace

Collected Pacifist Writings: Volume One: Short Articles

By: Ted Grimsrud

For thirty years, Mennonite pastor and theologian Ted Grimsrud has sought to present the call to peacemaking in a series of short articles published in various settings. When read together, they convey a powerful and practical vision for biblically-based pacifism. The first section of the book collects articles on various topics related to Christian peace convictions published in church periodicals. The second section contains short meditations on a variety of biblical texts originally published in Mennonite Weekly Review. These meditations present the Bible as a book of peace. The third and final section contains devotional articles written for Purpose magazine that reflect on how peace concerns are relevant for various aspects of the Christian life. Though prepared for various settings over three decades, when collected together and read as a whole, the articles in Writing Piece present a coherent message about the viability of Christian pacifism.

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1479145572

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Lanesboro, Minnesota

Historic Destination

By: Don Ward,Ted St. Mane

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Lanesboro, Minnesota

Historic Destination

By: Don Ward,Ted St. Mane

In 1942, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis wrote that the Lanesboro area was "...worthy of Vermont in its sturdy quietude. Through all this district, secret little valleys branch off from the major valleys of the Root River, and there is room enough and view enough for 11,000 poets." Promoted in the late 1860s to east coast investors as an idyllic retreat, Lanesboro was established as a resort community and soon realized an impressive boom due to its unparalleled waterpower. Progressing not as a tourist area, but rather along other avenues of commerce, the community once hailed as the 'biggest little town in southeastern Minnesota' fell off the fast track of growth before its charm could be diminished by too much progress. Today Lanesboro's beautiful 1870s downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the entire city is a haven for the arts-a showcase for the natural beauty that Sinclair Lewis touted more than sixty years ago.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738520314

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God's Healing Strategy

An Introduction to the Bible's Main Themes

By: Ted Grimsrud

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God's Healing Strategy

An Introduction to the Bible's Main Themes

By: Ted Grimsrud

In lively and accessible style, Ted Grimsrud portrays God's persevering love as the heart of the Bible's message and challenges Christians to let that love shape their lives today.

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Pandora Press U.S.

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0966502191

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Arguing Peace

Collected Pacifist Writings: Volume Three: Biblical and Theological Essays

By: Ted Grimsrud

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Arguing Peace

Collected Pacifist Writings: Volume Three: Biblical and Theological Essays

By: Ted Grimsrud

This collection of essays makes the case that the Bible provides a strong basis for Christian pacifism. The seventeen essays here, written with academic rigor yet in an accessible style, span over thirty years of reflection and argumentation supporting a strong affirmation that nonviolence is at the heart of the biblical witness and should be at the heart of Christian theology.

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1479149330

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Ted's Scrapbook of Truth, Mixed Truth and All Out Lies

By: Ted Hinson

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Ted's Scrapbook of Truth, Mixed Truth and All Out Lies

By: Ted Hinson

This humorous book will entertain you for hours. Based on a small mill village in SC and surrounding areas it will make you laugh out loud. The characters will most likely remind you of someone you know. Do not loan this book to your friends. It is funny and entertaining. THEY WILL NOT BRING IT BACK!

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The Good War That Wasn’t—and Why It Matters

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Embodying the Way of Jesus

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Instead of Atonement

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The Good War That Wasn't--and Why It Matters

Embodying the Way of Jesus

Embodying the Way of Jesus

Triumph of the Lamb

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To Follow the Lamb

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Instead of Atonement

Instead of Atonement

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Writing Peace

Writing Peace

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Lanesboro, Minnesota

God's Healing Strategy

God's Healing Strategy

Arguing Peace

Arguing Peace

Ted's Scrapbook of Truth, Mixed Truth and All Out Lies

Ted's Scrapbook of Truth, Mixed Truth and All Out Lies

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