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The Sin of Gluttony
Good evening, A few weeks ago we mentioned that we plan to publish some articles that Mike Atnip, Dean Taylor and others wrote whenever Mike and Dean were editors of “The Heartbeat of the Remnant” magazine. The ownership, oversight, and editors of “The Remnant” magazine have changed over the years, and the content of this […]
Anabaptist Livestream, Call-in, and Sermon Recordings
Livestream and call-in information for Plain Anabaptist churches Churches are listed according to time zone, then alphabetical order. Spanish and Pennsylvania Deutsch service are listed at the end of the Central Time section. After the live service information is a list of churches that offer audio and visual recordings by phone and online. (Eastern Time […]
Reading and Reporting on Political News
This week a subscriber wrote that someone in their church decided to go on a “news fast” as the news has been making him more depressed. Our subscriber agreed to join him in this and only read Plain News during this fast. This reminded me again of the trust that many of you place in […]
The Week in Review: Riot at the US Capitol
Attached/Linked is a longer description of the storming of the United States Capitol this past Wednesday. Included are some the events leading up to the actual break-in, as well as some of the consequences that have been seen and discussions that have taken place in the days since. I have tried to be very careful […]
A Christian Response to Covid-19 Health Guidelines
This is a response to health guidelines being issued by health departments all across our country. This is “a” response. I have read other Christian responses to consider as well. In our church community, we are not following the health department’s directives in a legalistic way, yet we do make an effort to do some […]
Ah … Chemistry! Part 2
In Part 1, we skimmed over the very basics of chemistry, learning that everything physical on earth is made up of chemicals. We watched our persona named Anabaptist Andy blow up his lab trying to make water by combining two parts of hydrogen with one part of oxygen. We saw the periodic table, which lists […]
Ah … Chemistry! – Part 1
Introduction I will tell you up front that I do not know where this article will go. It may turn into a series of articles. (Later: It did.) All I can tell you for the moment is that I was befuddled about how people can claim to modify a strand of DNA, when DNA has […]
Dr. John’s Jottings
Good afternoon subscribers, A conservative Anabaptist acquaintance, Dr. John Waldron, has written a number of articles related to Covid-19 and vaccines. We are publishing them on Plain News with his permission. Plain News is not in position to verify every statement made in these articles. But in a general way, we think the information and […]
Which War Are We Fighting?
In 1990, Saddam Hussein, his elite Iraq Republican Guard, and the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait. Kuwait was a tiny border country in the Persian Gulf. The United States and 38 other nations sent troops, machinery, and money to liberate Kuwait. I was 16 years old at the time and was very fascinated by the “modern” […]