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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
In Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Amos 7:7-17 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
In Luke 10:38-42, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
John 16:12-15 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Timothy 1:12-17 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Luke 18:9-14 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 119:1-8 Timothy 1:1-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 12:18-29 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.
Micah 6:1-8 Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 18:9-14 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.
Psalm 79:1-9 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b 11:1-3, 8-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Luke 9:51-62 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
John 10:22-30 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
John 2:1-11 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.