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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
Matthew 5:21-37 2:23-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 5: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Psalm 90: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 36:5-10 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In John 20:1-18, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
If Luke 13:31-35 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Ephesians 1:15-23 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Colossians 3:1-4 17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Hebrews 2:10-18 1:2-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Psalm 36:5-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Mark 13:24-37 16:1-13 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
James 2: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In John 20:1-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 16 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Exodus 34:29-35 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Luke 10:25-37 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 11:1-11 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
If Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Job 1–2: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.