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Home›Traditions›Anabaptist

Anabaptist Illustrations

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?”

23,633 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens

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The Reaching God

In the Sistine Chapel, millions of visitors crane their necks each year to see Michelangelo's *The Creation of Adam*, painted between 1508 and 1512. Most...

Universalgrace

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Eric Liddell's Last Race

Eric Liddell became famous for refusing to run on Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics, then winning gold in the 400 meters. The world celebrated...

Colossians 3:1-4Universal

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Blessed Blood on the Bridge

On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis knelt in prayer, then stood and walked straight into suffering. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,...

Matthew 5:10-12Universalsacrificecourage

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The Hardest Swing He Never Took

In 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in a Brooklyn office and laid out an impossible demand. Rickey, a devout Methodist, told Robinson...

Universalobedience

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The Song That Took a Lifetime to Understand

On New Year's Day, 1773, an Anglican priest named John Newton stood before his small congregation in Olney, England, and introduced a hymn he had...

Universalgrace

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When Healing Requires a Second Breaking

In orthopedic medicine, surgeons encounter a condition called malunion — a fracture that has healed, but healed crooked. The bone knit itself back together at...

Universalhealing

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The Play He Didn't Want to Run

In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in the Dodgers' front office and made a request that cut against every instinct Robinson...

Universalobedience

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The Promise He Kept

In August 1945, Jackie Robinson sat across from Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in a meeting that would change American history. Rickey wanted Robinson...

Universalobedience

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The Drop No One Sees

In 1927, Professor Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland set up one of the most extraordinary experiments in scientific history. He heated a lump...

Universalpatience

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The Priest Who Became a Leper

In 1873, a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest named Father Damien de Veuster stepped off a cargo ship onto the shores of Molokai, Hawaii. He had volunteered...

John 1:1-14Universal

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The Man in Black and the God of Second Chances

In 1968, Johnny Cash walked into Folsom Prison to play a concert for two thousand inmates. What most people forget is that Cash himself was...

Universalredemption

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A Father Who Wouldn't Stay in the Stands

On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained his entire life for...

Universallove

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Built for the Flight

In 2007, a team of scientists led by Robert Gill at the U.S. Geological Survey tracked a bar-tailed godwit they called E7 as she flew...

Universalpurpose

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The Light Makers of the Deep

In the deepest waters of the ocean, below a thousand meters, sunlight cannot reach. The pressure is immense. The cold is unrelenting. By every reasonable...

Universalcourage

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When Handel Picked Up the Pen

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The composer who had once filled London's grandest theaters now faced crippling debt....

Universalfaith

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The Grocery Store Quarterback

In the spring of 1994, Kurt Warner went undrafted out of Northern Iowa. No NFL team wanted him. To pay the bills, he stocked shelves...

Universaltransformation

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The Chains Fell Off

On May 21, 1738, Charles Wesley lay sick in a London bedroom, wrestling with spiritual despair. He had crossed an ocean as a missionary, studied...

Universalfreedom

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The Hallelujah from the Ruins

In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a man undone. The composer who had once dazzled London's opera houses now faced crippling debt....

Universalgrace

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The Man in Black Walked Out of the Dark

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had hollowed him...

Universalredemption

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The Finish Line His Father Wouldn't Let Him Miss

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal carrying the weight of years — injuries, surgeries, and a...

Universalhope

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The Father Who Wouldn't Let Him Finish Alone

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, fought through multiple surgeries, and...

Universalperseverance

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The Man God Made Fast

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the heats were scheduled...

Universalidentity

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The Password You Never See

Every time you log into your bank account, something remarkable happens behind the scenes. Your password never actually travels across the internet. Instead, a system...

Universaltrust

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Running on God's Schedule

In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the...

Universalobedience

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