Anabaptist LensLines™

calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

If Genesis 45:3-11, 15 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

Timothy 1:12-17 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

12:18-29 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

Luke 12:13-21, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

1:2-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

2 Timothy 2:8-15, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it meets us gently—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.