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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 4:1-11 50:1-8, 22-23 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
In Luke 18:1-8, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Isaiah 9:1-4 14:1, 7-14 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Isaiah 11:1-10 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Luke 12:49-56, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
In Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Mark 16:1-8 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Luke 17:11-19 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 95 14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Revelation 21:1-6 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Mark 1:4-11 17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Matthew 1:18-25 119:137-144 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Genesis 1:1-2:4a 14 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Exodus 17:1-7 Timothy 3:14-4:5 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Acts 16:16-34 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
If Psalm 82 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Romans 5:1-5, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.