Anabaptist LensLines™

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

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

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

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

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

81:1, 10-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

12:18-29 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.

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

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

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

32:1-3a, 6-15 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

119:97-104 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

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

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

If Amos 8:1-12 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.

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.

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

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