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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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Psalm 95 119:137-144 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:1-10 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
2 Samuel 7: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Genesis 9:8-17 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
John 20:19-31 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 66:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Luke 17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 16 137 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Hebrews 1:1-4 Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 112:1-10 1:1-4; 2:1-4 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Psalm 97 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 12:13-21, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Luke 12:49-56, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Psalm 112:1-10 Luke 12:13-21, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 31: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 107:1-9, 43 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
James 5:7-10 Timothy 1:1-14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 46 Timothy 1:1-14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.