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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
Acts 16:9-15 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Genesis 12:1-4a 2:4-13 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Matthew 4:12-23 31:27-34 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 73: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Timothy 1:12-17 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Luke 19:1-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Luke 13:31-35, 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.
Psalm 98 Timothy 1:12-17 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.
Revelation 21: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Hebrews 11: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 2 Psalm 85, 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 15:51-58 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 12:18-29 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.