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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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Luke 2:15-21 Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 71:1-6 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Amos 8:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
If John 14:8-17 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Isaiah 5:1-7 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Hebrews 12:18-29 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 9:1-4 14:1, 7-14 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
If John 21:1-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
In Philippians 3:4b-14, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Hosea 1:2-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
If Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Matthew 4:12-23 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 5:1-11 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 95:1-7a Luke 18:1-8, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Matthew 17:1-9 32:1-3a, 6-15 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
If Luke 6:27-38 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Matthew 4:1-11 50:1-8, 22-23 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Psalm 138 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Romans 15:4-13 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.