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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
2 Samuel 7: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 29 Luke 16:1-13, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 16: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 2 Luke 12:49-56 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
In 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 2 Kings 5:1-14, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Mark 1:9-15 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
John 9:1-41 Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 36:5-10 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Acts 10:34-43, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Isaiah 6:1-8 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
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.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 25:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Isaiah 12 Hebrews 12:18-29, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.