Tag: Ephraim Renno
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Purity in an Unholy World — Ephraim Renno
Ephraim Renno teaches about pursuing purity in an unholy world, especially freedom from sexual sin and pornography. He explains how addiction can form through secrecy, shame, and isolation, while pointing listeners toward wholehearted commitment to Christ, honest community, and walking in the light.
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From Compromise to Conviction: The Story of Jacob Ammon — Ephraim Renno
Ephraim Renno gives a historical overview of Jacob Ammon and the early roots of the Amish movement, describing seventeenth-century Europe, the growth of Anabaptism in the Bernese Oberland, persecution from the Reformed state church, and the zeal that led to the Amish division.
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You Left the Amish, Now What? Part 4 — Ephraim Renno
In the final talk of his series, Ephraim Renno offers seven points of counsel for those who have left (or are leaving) the Amish and want to remain faithful to Christ. His central concern is that ex-Amish not live reactively—defining themselves by what they left—but build their lives on Christ.
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Amish Outcasts: Shunned for Life! Part 3 — Ephraim Renno
In the third talk of his series, Ephraim Renno reflects on life after leaving the Amish—rich but painful—and turns to the subject of excommunication and shunning. He shares the hard providences that followed their move to Ephrata, including the death of baby Paul.
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From Broken Cisterns to Living Waters, Part 2 — Ephraim Renno
In the second talk of his series, Ephraim Renno tells the story of his years of spiritual searching and how he and his wife Saloma came to a personal new birth in Christ and left the Amish. Titling his experience “From Broken Cisterns to Living Water,” he traces a restless pursuit of truth.
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Lessons Learned From My Boyhood in the Amish, Part 1 — Ephraim Renno
In the first of a planned series, Ephraim Renno shares the story of his boyhood growing up Amish on a dairy farm in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, one of thirteen children. He paints a warm picture of Amish life—hand-milking cows by lantern light, a one-room school, barn raisings and house rebuildings.