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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
John 1:1-14 15:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Matthew 4:12-23 17:11-19 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 65 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Isaiah 52:7-10 Timothy 3:14-4:5 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
John 10: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
If Psalm 30 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Luke 9:51-62 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Genesis 9:8-17 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Luke 18:1-8, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—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.
Isaiah 12 1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 8 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Mark 1:9-15 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Exodus 24:12-18 Philemon 1-21 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Isaiah 49:1-7 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 119:97-104 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Micah 6: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 1:1-14 Timothy 6:6-19 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Acts 9:36-43 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.