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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?”
23,332 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
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.
Luke 5:1-11 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 31:27-34 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Acts 16:9-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If John 20:19-31 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Mark 1:4-11 4:11-12, 22-28 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 3: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Micah 6:1-8 Jeremiah 18:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Amos 5: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Romans 13:11-14 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 16 14 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
John 10: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Matthew 13: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Amos 5: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Joel 2:23-32 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Matthew 17:1-9 1-21 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 81:1, 10-16 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
2 Samuel 7: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 21:5-19 Luke 16:19-31, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Ezekiel 37: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.