Anabaptist LensLines™

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

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

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

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

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

If Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

In John 20:1-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—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.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

In Psalm 119:97-104, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

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

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

refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

In Philippians 2:5-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

Timothy 3:14-4:5 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.