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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
Romans 8:6-11 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Hebrews 12:18-29 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
When Psalm 67 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
In Galatians 6:1-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
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?
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 17:5-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Philippians 2:5-11 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-11 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
In Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Isaiah 63:7-9 3:1-11 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
John 14:8-17 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Amos 5: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 12:32-40 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
John 20:19-31 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
If Acts 2:1-31 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 2:15-21 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 16:19-31 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Luke 14:25-33 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.