Anabaptist LensLines™

In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

2:23-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

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

85 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

119:137-144 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

1:1-4; 2:1-4 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

In Colossians 1:15-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

32:1-3a, 6-15 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

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

Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

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

19:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

14:1, 7-14 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

If Jeremiah 31:27-34 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

1:1-4; 2:1-4 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

In Psalm 1, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.