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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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1 Corinthians 15:1-11 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1:17-23 13:10-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Hebrews 1:1-4 2:6-15 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 6:1-8 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Ecclesiastes 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 12:13-21 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 25:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Psalm 126 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—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.
If 2 Timothy 2:8-15 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
1 Peter 1:3-9 15:1-10 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Colossians 1:15-28 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired.
John 10: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Isaiah 60:1-6, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 16: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 15: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Colossians 1:11-20 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.