Anabaptist LensLines™

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 calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

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

In Ephesians 3:1-12, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

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

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—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 calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

14:1, 7-14 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

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

16:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

1-21 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

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

2:4-13 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.

15:1-10 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.

31:27-34 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.

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

In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, 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.

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

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