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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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John 10: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 49:1-7 17:11-19 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 25:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Acts 2: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Psalm 23: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 11:1-45 Luke 19:1-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
James 1: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
If Psalm 67 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Colossians 3:1-4 4:11-12, 22-28 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Joel 2:23-32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Timothy 3:14-4:5 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Luke 16:19-31, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
John 1:29-42 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
James 5:7-10 Timothy 1:1-14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Matthew 3:13-17 Luke 18:1-8, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 119:137-144 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Exodus 24:12-18 3:1-11 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
In Acts 10:34-43, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.