Anabaptist LensLines™

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

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

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

79:1-9 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.

In 2 Kings 5:1-14, 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.

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

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

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

17:11-19 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

In Isaiah 62:1-5, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

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

Timothy 3:14-4:5 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.

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

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.

Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

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.

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

If Psalm 30 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.