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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
If Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
When Philippians 2:5-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Peter 2: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 121 12:18-29 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Matthew 1:18-25 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In John 16:12-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Revelation 1:4-8 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Isaiah 53: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Job 1–2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Romans 10:8b-13 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
John 20:19-31 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Psalm 81:1, 10-16 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Mark 16:1-8 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
When Lamentations 1:1-6 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 66:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 71:1-6 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 15:1-10 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Luke 17:5-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Psalm 16 8:18-9:1 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Isaiah 58:1-12 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.