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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
Nehemiah 4: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 19:1-10 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 12:32-40 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If Romans 8:14-17 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Psalm 85 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
1 Corinthians 13: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Colossians 2:6-15 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 98 14 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
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?
Romans 5:12-19 14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Matthew 5:13-20 1 Timothy 1:12-17 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
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.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.