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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
Jeremiah 31: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Genesis 9:8-17 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Psalm 46 2:23-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If Psalm 99 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1:2-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Matthew 5:13-20 91:1-6, 14-16 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Numbers 6:22-27 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If Psalm 104:24-34, 35b irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 11:1-13 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 1:1-14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Matthew 4:12-23 32:1-3a, 6-15 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
If John 20:19-31 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Mark 16:1-8 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
1 Samuel 16: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Acts 16:9-15 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Timothy 2:1-7 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Ephesians 1:15-23 66:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 9:1-41 1:4-10 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Isaiah 50:4-9a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.