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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 4:1-11 Luke 13:10-17 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Isaiah 50:4-9a is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
If 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 17:5-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
John 1:29-42 50:1-8, 22-23 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
When Lamentations 1:1-6 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
If Ephesians 3:1-12 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
If Galatians 6:1-16 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Romans 10:8b-13 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
If 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Acts 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 119:97-104 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Acts 11:1-18 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 138 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 4:1-13 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Luke 8:26-39 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in.
If Luke 18:1-8 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
John 21:1-19 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.