Anabaptist LensLines™

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.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

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

Timothy 1:1-14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

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

encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

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

In Psalm 99, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

In Joshua 5:9-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

14:25-33 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

In Luke 12:13-21, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

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

29:1, 4-7 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

139:1-6, 13-18 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

In 1 Timothy 6:6-19, 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.

Luke 16:19-31, 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.

5:1-7 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.