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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
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 13:1-8, 15-16 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Luke 12:32-40 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Luke 4:21-30, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
John 14:23-29 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Daniel 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 58:1-12 1 Timothy 6:6-19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Revelation 1:4-8 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Acts 10: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 4:1-13 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
James 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 1:29-42 137 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Isaiah 53: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Hebrews 11: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Galatians 3:23-29 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 73: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 19:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
If 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Revelation 5:11-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.