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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 1:15-28 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Romans 10:8b-13 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Isaiah 60:1-6, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Psalm 107:1-9, 43, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Psalm 66:1-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Micah 6: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 2 Luke 12:49-56 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Colossians 3: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Isaiah 11:1-10 1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Colossians 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Isaiah 7:10-16 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Timothy 1:1-14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Luke 17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 27 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Matthew 2:1-12 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.