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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
James 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Revelation 21:1-6 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 22:14-23:56 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Romans 8:14-17 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 19:1-10 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In Luke 4:14-21, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
In Psalm 137, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 12:13-21 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Philemon 1-21 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
John 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Hebrews 11: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Acts 16:16-34 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 30 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Revelation 1:4-8 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 73: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
John 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Romans 13:11-14 14:1, 7-14 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
When John 20:1-18 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Revelation 21: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 18:9-14 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.