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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
Revelation 22: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Isaiah 55:1-9 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
2 Kings 5:1-14 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Ephesians 2: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Isaiah 60:1-6 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 146:5-10 66:1-12 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
If Luke 12:49-56 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
If Galatians 6:1-16 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 66:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Revelation 21: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
John 20:1-18 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Matthew 4:12-23 18:9-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
In 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
James 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
In Psalm 63:1-8, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
2 Kings 5: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 24:13-35 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
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.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 66:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Ephesians 3:1-12 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 66:1-12 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
John 4:5-42 4:11-12, 22-28 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.