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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
Luke 6:39-49 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 15:1-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
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.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 17:5-10 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 10:22-30 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 90: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Jeremiah 31:27-34 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 73: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Peter 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Romans 8:6-11 Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Colossians 3:1-4 80:1-2, 8-19 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
John 3: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.