Philip Friesen

Homosexual “Identity” and Biblical Ethics

Hello Pastor J Thanks for tossing out a ball at our last cluster meeting by sharing chapter 7 of Anne Krabill Hershberger’s book.1 I’d like to keep the ball in the air for a while. There is really little in the chapter I could disagree with, but one statement seems problematic as follows: “We can agree that we should not define gay persons by their sexual orientation, Joe is a pastor, Jane is a...

Philip Friesen

The Homosexual Identity?

Dear Pastor J Thanks for tossing out a ball at our last cluster meeting by sharing chapter 7 of Anne Krabill Hershberger’s book.1 I’d like to keep the ball in the air for a while. There is really little in the chapter I could disagree with, but one statement seems problematic as follows: “We can agree that we should not define gay persons by their sexual orientation, Joe is a pastor, Jane is a...

Philip Friesen

A BLESSING FOR HOMOSEXUALS AND THOSE WHO MINISTER TO THEM

A BLESSING FOR HOMOSEXUALS AND THOSE WHO MINISTER TO THEM To Cynthia Lapp, Mennonite Pastor Thank you so much for coming out to Central Plains and blessing us with your thoughts and burden for the poor, the oppressed, and the homosexuals among these groups. I do not want any differences we have to preclude a blessing, and I have attempted to write a blessing for you and those under your ministry. In the...

Philip Friesen

OT Roots of Nonviolence- Introduction

The Old Testament Roots of Nonviolence will be available for purchase from Wipf and Stock, publishers, or from the author sometime during late spring of 2010 The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever. (Revelation 11:25 KJV) On a sunny day in 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was completely demolished. Those who flew the...

Philip Friesen

The Old Testament Roots of Nonviolence-Why I wrote the book

Here is the preface to my soon-to-be- published book, THE OLD TESTAMENT ROOTS OF NONVIOLENCE, also described as  The Seed, Root, and Flower of Peace in the Soil of Injustice. This is my testimony: My paternal grandparents came to Minnesota as children of German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from the Ukraine. They left land, wealth, and comfort in Russia for the sake of conscience, and the issue was...