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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?”
24,413 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
Psalm 107:1-9, 43 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—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.
Psalm 8 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
2 Peter 1:16-21 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 97 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
If Psalm 30 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 9:51-62 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 16: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 12 1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Luke 18:1-8, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
If Luke 12:49-56 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Genesis 9:8-17 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Daniel 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Isaiah 49:1-7 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Mark 1:9-15 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Exodus 24:12-18 Philemon 1-21 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 119:97-104 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.