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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
Colossians 3:1-11 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
James 5:7-10 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 9:51-62 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
If John 20:1-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
When Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Jeremiah 23:1-6 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 28:16-20 14:1, 7-14 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Luke 18:1-8, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 10:25-37 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
When Deuteronomy 26:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Revelation 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 17:11-19 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Romans 5:12-19 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Lamentations 1:1-6, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
In Matthew 2:1-12, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
If Exodus 34:29-35 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Mark 13:24-37 12:18-29 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Acts 9:1-6 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
In Luke 15:1-10, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?