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Radical discipleship, pacifism, and the church as a distinct counter-cultural community.
Key question: “How does this text call the community of faith to live as a distinct, counter-cultural witness to the Kingdom?”
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In Ephesians 3:1-12, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Psalm 14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Isaiah 58:1-12 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Revelation 1:4-8 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
James 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Jeremiah 31: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Job 38–42: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 4:1-13 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 2:4-13, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 15: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 118:14-29 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 40:1-11 Luke 14:1, 7-14, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 12:32-40 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
John 3: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
John 1:1-14 119:137-144 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Revelation 22: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Acts 2: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Proverbs 1: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 53: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 85 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.