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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
1 Kings 18: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 46 19:1-10 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
When Psalm 36:5-10 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Matthew 2:1-12 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Luke 9:28-36 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Galatians 4:4-7 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Isaiah 55:10-13 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
John 20:1-18 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Galatians 3: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 66:1-12 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In Psalm 32, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Matthew 3:13-17 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 12:1-8 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 14:1, 7-14 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.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Luke 23:33-43 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Philippians 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When Ephesians 3:1-12 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.