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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 4:12-23 32:1-3a, 6-15 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 12:32-40 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Hosea 1:2-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Isaiah 35:1-10 12:18-29 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
In Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Samuel 16: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When Psalm 8 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 122 80:1-2, 8-19 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Matthew 5:1-12 Luke 16:1-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Philippians 2: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Colossians 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 97 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 2:23-32 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 1:2-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Matthew 4:12-23 Timothy 2:8-15 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Isaiah 7:10-16 13:1-8, 15-16 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
2 Peter 1:16-21 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.