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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 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Mark 1:9-15 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
James 5:7-10 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Genesis 12:1-4a Timothy 1:1-14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Psalm 99, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Romans 13:11-14 14:25-33 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.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 29:1, 4-7 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Ephesians 3:1-12 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Numbers 6:22-27 18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 1:1-14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: 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.
1 Samuel 16:1-13 15:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
John 1:1-14 15:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Isaiah 62:1-5, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Revelation 21:1-6 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
John 10: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.