Anabaptist LensLines™

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

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

If Psalm 32 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

12:18-29 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

1:1-4; 2:1-4 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.

11:1-3, 8-16 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

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

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

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

14 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.

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

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, 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.

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

If Luke 9:28-36 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

In John 14:8-17, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

2:4-13 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.

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

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

18:1-11 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.