Loading...
2,376 illustrations
Hebrews 11: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 130 Psalm 119:97-104 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
In Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence.
Revelation 1: By prevenient grace, it meets us gently—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
If Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 never leads to holiness, what you call “power” may be performance.
Colossians 3:1-4 11:1-11 expects God’s gifts today—Spirit-empowered worship, healing, and bold witness—today, not someday.
In Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Psalm 130 Timothy 2:8-15 exposes control: we want a manageable God, but Scripture gives us a sovereign one.
Revelation 22: As Law and Gospel, it exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.
Hebrews 11: In the red thread, it doesn’t flatter us—leads us to Jesus—the center and fulfillment of Scripture.
If John 20:1-18 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.
In Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, hope steadies the Church—God’s promises will not fail—today, not someday.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, the Word confronts the individual and forms a covenant people by conviction.
Matthew 28:1-10 4:11-12, 22-28 assures us: God is not confused by our weakness; He supplies grace for the journey.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 comforts the crushed: God is not distant from your struggle; He is present as deliverer.
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 calls the Church to praxis—faith that acts to transform structures—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 130 85 exposes control; the Spirit will not be reduced to a brand—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 reminds the Church: God’s Word forms God’s people through worship, holiness, and mission.
Malachi 3: From the struggle for freedom, it proclaims hope, dignity, and God’s liberating justice.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, hope becomes resistance—God’s promises create courage for today—today, not someday.
In John 20:1-18, Christ stands at the center: promise fulfilled, mercy embodied, kingdom revealed—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 exposes pious excuses—if faith never costs power, it’s probably not liberation—today, not someday.