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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
Isaiah 43:16-21 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Psalm 81:1, 10-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Hebrews 12:18-29, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 13:1-8, 15-16 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Nehemiah 4: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 8:26-39 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
John 14:23-29 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Luke 9:51-62, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Acts 10: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Job 1–2: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
1 Corinthians 15: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
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.
Job 38–42: In the way of Jesus, it 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.
Matthew 2:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Luke 21:5-19 1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Exodus 34:29-35 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Ezekiel 37: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.