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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
Nehemiah 4: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 4:5-42 Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—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.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—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.
In Luke 14:1, 7-14, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
In Psalm 81:1, 10-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 119:137-144 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Matthew 2:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 21:5-19 1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Mark 1:9-15 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Luke 16:1-13 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Acts 2:1-31 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Exodus 24:12-18 Philemon 1-21 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 10:25-37 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In Hosea 1:2-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.