Anabaptist LensLines™

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

In Psalm 119:97-104, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—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.

71:1-6 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.

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

Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

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

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

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

3:1-11 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

1 Timothy 6:6-19, 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.

Luke 16:1-13, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

In Acts 16:16-34, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

Timothy 2:1-7 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.

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

If Philemon 1-21 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

Psalm 119:97-104, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

In Luke 6:39-49, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

15:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.