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Daniel J. Yoder

  • Knitted Baby Booties and White Bible on Cable-Knit Blanket

    The Personhood of the Unborn Child

    This article is adapted and condensed from Daniel J. Yoder, Ready Reasons: Essays on Christian Apologetics (Elnora, IN: Phroneō Publishing, 2024), 127-157. Introduction Moral relativism is the idea that ethical decisions are nothing more than expressions of personal preference. Any approach to morality that is based on self-interest can impact…

    Daniel J. Yoder

    November 9, 2026  ·  8 min read

  • Iconostases of Orthodox church of St Jovan Vladimir in Bar town, Montenegro

    An Introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy

    In an essay entitled Drawn Eastward: The Attraction of Eastern Orthodoxy for Western Christians, James R. Payton, Jr. writes, “Since the 1980s, interest in Eastern Orthodoxy has mushroomed in the West.”[^1] One prominent example of that interest is Franky Schaeffer, who joined the Greek Orthodox Church in 1990. Franky (the…

    Daniel J. Yoder

    April 8, 2026  ·  12 min read

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    Anabaptism: A Primer

    Introduction What is Anabaptism? Why does Anabaptism matter? This article is an attempt to briefly answer those two questions. One of the most defining moments in church history occurred in 1523 in Zürich, Switzerland. The religious atmosphere in Western Europe throughout the medieval period was predominantly Roman Catholic, but change…

    Daniel J. Yoder

    January 23, 2026  ·  11 min read