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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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Galatians 3: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 43:16-21 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—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.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Isaiah 43:16-21 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Psalm 148, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
2 Kings 5:1-14 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 1:4-10 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Daniel 7: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
1 Peter 1: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Luke 12:13-21 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 8 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
2 Corinthians 5: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Matthew 5:21-37 2:23-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.