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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
Colossians 3:1-11 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
If Psalm 66:1-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
2 Kings 5: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 6: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 73: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Deuteronomy 26:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Ephesians 2: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 8:18-9:1 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Romans 5:12-19 Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Nehemiah 4: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Samuel 16: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 3:1-17 2 Timothy 2:8-15 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 25:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
John 10: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Hebrews 2:10-18 Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 31: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 15: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Ephesians 3:1-12, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
John 3: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Acts 10:34-43 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 65:17-25 2:4-13 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.