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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
Matthew 17:1-9 Luke 18:1-8, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Romans 5:12-19 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Acts 16:16-34 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 12:32-40 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
When Ephesians 3:1-12 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Revelation 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
John 3:1-17 107:1-9, 43 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Isaiah 52:7-10 2:23-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
James 5:7-10 Luke 18:1-8 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Lamentations 1:1-6 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
In Galatians 6:1-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Hebrews 12:18-29 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 12:1-8 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Romans 8:6-11 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 73: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Jeremiah 31:27-34 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 119:97-104 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.