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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
Luke 17:5-10 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Psalm 25:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Matthew 13: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 Luke 12:13-21, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Hebrews 2:10-18 5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 85 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
If Jeremiah 18:1-11 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-5 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 90: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 25:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
In Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
If Psalm 67 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
John 11:1-45 Luke 19:1-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 36:5-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Joel 2:23-32 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 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.
Matthew 5–7: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.