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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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Romans 5:1-5 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 90: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 23: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 42 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Acts 2: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—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.
John 11:1-45 Luke 19:1-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: In the way of Jesus, it 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.
If Psalm 67 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 36:5-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Isaiah 58:1-12 79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 19:1-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 21:5-19 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
If Galatians 3:23-29 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Amos 8:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Luke 6:27-38 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.