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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
John 1:29-42 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If Psalm 27 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 25:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Acts 9:36-43 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-5 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
When Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Luke 12:13-21 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Isaiah 9:1-4 91:1-6, 14-16 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Samuel 3:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Isaiah 5:1-7 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Jeremiah 31: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 130 Psalm 79:1-9 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Exodus 24:12-18 Jeremiah 18:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Nehemiah 4: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 79:1-9 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
If Psalm 104:24-34, 35b irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 15:1-10 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If Acts 16:9-15 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Isaiah 50:4-9a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
2 Kings 5:1-14 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.