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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?”
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Isaiah 2:1-5 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Revelation 22: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 119:97-104 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Ephesians 2: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Philippians 3:17-4:1 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.
Luke 8:26-39 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.
Genesis 12:1-4a Timothy 1:1-14 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
Isaiah 49:1-7 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Romans 8:6-11 11:1-13 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Amos 7:7-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.
James 5:7-10 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
Acts 2:1-31 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.
Matthew 24:36-44 Luke 12:49-56 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.
Mark 1:9-15 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
1 Peter 2: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.
John 11:1-45 14:1, 7-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
In Luke 12:13-21, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.
Luke 15: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.