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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?”
23,290 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
Hebrews 12:18-29 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Acts 10:34-43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In Galatians 6:1-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 12:18-29 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Revelation 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Romans 5:12-19 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Lamentations 1:1-6, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 17:5-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
James 5:7-10 Luke 18:1-8 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Philippians 2:5-11 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Colossians 3: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When Luke 13:10-17 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Isaiah 63:7-9 3:1-11 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
John 14:8-17 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Genesis 9:8-17 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Amos 5: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 73: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
If Acts 2:1-31 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.