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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?”
23,374 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
Luke 2:15-21 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 21:5-19 1-21 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 15:1-10 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Luke 8:26-39 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Ephesians 5:8-14 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 5: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
John 12:1-8 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 6:39-49 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 4:1-13 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Galatians 4:4-7 2 Timothy 2:8-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 25:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 10:25-37 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Colossians 3:1-11 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
When Romans 10:8b-13 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Peter 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
In Galatians 3:23-29, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 29:1, 4-7 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
If Psalm 27 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 98 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.