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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
Luke 14:1, 7-14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1:2-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
If Psalm 99 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Acts 2: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Mark 1:4-11 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Genesis 9:8-17 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Genesis 1:1-2:4a Isaiah 5:1-7 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 66:1-12 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Isaiah 12 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 31: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 146:5-10 12:49-56 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
John 13:31-35 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Colossians 1:15-28 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-5 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Psalm 107:1-9, 43 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 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.
In Luke 15:1-10, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 24:13-35 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 2 1 Timothy 1:12-17, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?