Anabaptist LensLines™

5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

If Jeremiah 18:1-11 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

17:11-19 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

In Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

71:1-6 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

Luke 19:1-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

If Psalm 67 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

4:11-12, 22-28 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

In Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.