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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?”
25,621 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
Matthew 2:1-12 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
John 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Exodus 34:29-35 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—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.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 8 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Luke 12:13-21 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Hebrews 1:1-4 Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Luke 14:1, 7-14, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 16:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 36:5-10 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—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.
1 Peter 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Ezekiel 37: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 2:1-11 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Acts 9:1-6 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 6:17-26 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.