Anabaptist LensLines™

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

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

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

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

In Luke 19:1-10, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

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

In 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

If 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 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.

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

If Psalm 119:137-144 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

In Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

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

11:1-11 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

13:1-8, 15-16 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

71:1-6 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.