Anabaptist LensLines™

1:1-4; 2:1-4 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.

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

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

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

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

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

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

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

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, 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.

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

If Jeremiah 18:1-11 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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

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

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

15:1-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

2:4-13 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.

Luke 18:1-8, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

17:11-19 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

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

If Galatians 3:23-29 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.