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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
James 2: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Philippians 2: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Isaiah 58:1-12 1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Isaiah 12 Hebrews 12:18-29, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 4:21-30 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Psalm 85, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Luke 12:32-40, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
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.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
If John 14:8-17 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Amos 8:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 126 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Hebrews 12:18-29 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—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.
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.