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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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Ezekiel 37:1-14 66:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Mark 13:24-37 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 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.
Psalm 19 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
In Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 121 3:1-11 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Luke 18:9-14 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Psalm 119:1-8 Timothy 1:1-14 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.
Micah 6:1-8 Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—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 Galatians 3:23-29, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
In Psalm 79:1-9, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
In Revelation 7:9-17, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Ephesians 1:15-23 16:19-31 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Isaiah 55:1-9 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
In Joshua 5:9-12, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.
Luke 4:14-21 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Luke 13:31-35 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
John 1:43-51 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Romans 1:1-7 11:1-3, 8-16 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 139: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.