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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
Acts 9:1-6 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Mark 13:24-37 12:18-29 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 17:11-19 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
When Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
If John 20:1-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Colossians 3:1-11 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
In Galatians 5:1, 13-25, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 90: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When John 13:31-35 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Peter 1:17-23 32:1-3a, 6-15 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Joel 2:23-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Matthew 2:1-12 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Amos 8:1-12 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Psalm 73: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in.
Ephesians 2: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Revelation 22: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 29 66:1-12 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Malachi 3: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 16:1-13 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.