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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
Psalm 30 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Colossians 1:15-28 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 107:1-9, 43 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Isaiah 52:7-10 14:25-33 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
In Luke 15:1-10, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
John 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 2 1 Timothy 1:12-17, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Isaiah 55:1-9 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Romans 8:6-11 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Hebrews 12:18-29 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Jeremiah 18:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 137 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Amos 8:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In Galatians 6:1-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Jeremiah 17:5-10 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
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.
John 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Revelation 22: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.