Strength to Strength welcomed Dean Taylor for a Q&A on the sacraments. This Q&A follows Dean's talk of November 8, 2025, "Sacred Roots: The Anabaptists, the Sacraments, and the Words of Jesus." It is recommended you listen to that Talk prior to this Q&A. This Q&A specifically addresses questions submitted by our audience surrounding the Anabaptists'…
Strength to Strength welcomed Dean Taylor for another episode on the Radical Reformation. In this episode of Strength to Strength, Dean Taylor revisits the Radical Reformation through the lens of the sacraments—Baptism and Communion—and challenges many of our modern assumptions about them. Too often, he argues, the early Anabaptists are dismissed as anti-sacramental. In reality,…
Strength to Strength welcomed Dean Taylor for a conversation on the Radical Reformation—that fascinating yet often misunderstood period that followed the medieval and magisterial reformations. Historians have sometimes described it as “the left wing of the Reformation,” suggesting that its participants, especially the Anabaptists, were radicals who discarded all tradition in pursuit of spiritual purity.…
Strength to Strength welcomed Dean Taylor to discuss the atonement. When it comes to the doctrine of the Atonement, most theologically minded Anabaptists (including myself) would consider ourselves a "Christus-Victor-guy." What I mean by this is that we believe that the story of what Jesus accomplished on the cross includes the bigger picture of Christ's…
This was the second part of a two-part S2S Event held on February 13, 2021. Also, see "Christians & Politics: A Challenge From History - part 1" by Dean Taylor. Join Dean Taylor as he surveys the landscape of Christian involvement in politics. Dean takes a historical approach to expose the devastating results when Christians get involved…
This was the first part of a two-part S2S Event held on February 13, 2021. Also, see "Christians & Politics: A Challenge From History - part 2" by Dean Taylor. Join Dean Taylor as he surveys the landscape of Christian involvement in politics. Dean takes a historical approach to expose the devastating results when Christians get involved…