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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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Matthew 28:1-10 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
1 Peter 2: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Psalm 32, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Acts 2:1-31 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Psalm 99, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Romans 10:8b-13 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
John 10:22-30 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Joshua 5:9-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 18:1-8 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Romans 13:11-14 14:25-33 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Daniel 7: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 29:1, 4-7 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:1-10 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Isaiah 7:10-16 17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Luke 12:13-21, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Acts 10:34-43 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 107:1-9, 43 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.