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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
Romans 1:1-7 11:1-3, 8-16 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Amos 7:7-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
John 7:37-39 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 14:25-33 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 5:1-7 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:1-10 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Micah 6:1-8 Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 46 Psalm 119:97-104, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 18:9-14 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Revelation 7:9-17 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
In Psalm 19, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 66:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 98 29:1, 4-7 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
If Isaiah 50:4-9a feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Mark 13:24-37 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Psalm 119:1-8 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 139: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.