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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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Luke 19:1-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Psalm 81:1, 10-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 2:23-32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Colossians 3:1-4 15:1-10 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Daniel 7: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Malachi 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Luke 12:49-56, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Isaiah 58:1-12 79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Genesis 9:8-17 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
John 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Colossians 1:15-28 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Ecclesiastes 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 13: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Romans 10:8b-13 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 15: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Psalm 107:1-9, 43, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Isaiah 60:1-6, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Micah 6: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 12:18-29 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.