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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
Luke 23:33-43 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Psalm 119:97-104, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 6:27-38 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Psalm 82, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Isaiah 65:17-25 17:11-19 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Isaiah 50:4-9a insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Joel 2:23-32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In John 14:23-29, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Exodus 34:29-35 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 9:51-62 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Isaiah 53: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Matthew 1:18-25 119:137-144 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.
Romans 8:6-11 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Genesis 1:1-2:4a 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
If Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Luke 15:1-10 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Romans 5:12-19 Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Romans 8:6-11 11:1-13 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—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.