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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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Revelation 21:1-6 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Luke 18:1-8, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 95 14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Acts 9:36-43 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In Psalm 82, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Psalm 99, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Amos 7:7-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Colossians 1:15-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Acts 16:16-34 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Luke 8:26-39 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 71:1-6 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 13:10-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Exodus 34:29-35 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Romans 8:6-11 11:1-13 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Romans 8:6-11 71:1-6 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 31:27-34 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Colossians 2:6-15, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Matthew 5:1-12 13:1-8, 15-16 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.