Anabaptist LensLines™

1:4-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

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

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

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

1:1-4; 2:1-4 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalm 85, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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