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On January 30, 1536, Menno Simons left the Roman Catholic Church after discovering that what he called “church” no longer matched the New Testament. His return to Scripture sparked the Radical Reformation and a vision of the church as a living family of disciples, not an institution. This reflection explores Menno’s break from Rome, the church we’ve lost, and why many believers today are again returning to simple, biblical Christianity.

On January 21, 1525, believers in Zurich reclaimed baptism as an act of repentance, faith, and obedience to Christ. This moment marked the beginning of the Anabaptist movement and a return to the New Testament understanding of discipleship and holiness. Far from a ritual, baptism was treated as a public break from the old life. This reflection explores why the early church took baptism so seriously and why it still matters today.

On January 20, AD 473, Euthymius the Great died after shaping the desert monastic movement—one marked by sincerity, sacrifice, and deep zeal for holiness. But church history and Scripture together force a hard question: does withdrawing from the world produce true holiness, or does it risk hiding the light Christ called us to shine? This reflection examines desert monasticism through the lens of Scripture, testing both its fruit and its failures.