Anabaptist LensLines™

2:23-32 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.

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.

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

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

In Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

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

Timothy 1:1-14 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.

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

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

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

2:6-15 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

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

If 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

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

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

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

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.

12:18-29 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.