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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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John 11:1-45 14:1, 7-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Matthew 4:12-23 31:27-34 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
John 12:1-8 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 12:32-40 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Hebrews 12:18-29, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Philippians 3:17-4:1 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Luke 4:21-30, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
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.
In 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, 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.
Revelation 1:4-8 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Jeremiah 2:4-13, 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.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—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.
Psalm 32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 1:12-17 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.
Ezekiel 37: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.