Anabaptist LensLines™

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

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

: 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.

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

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

11:1-3, 8-16 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

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

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

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

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

79:1-9 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

Luke 12:49-56, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

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

In Joshua 5:9-12, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

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

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

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

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

In Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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