Anabaptist LensLines™

31:27-34 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.

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

17:5-10 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

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

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.

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

In Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

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.

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

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

2:6-15 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 the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

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

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.

11:1-3, 8-16 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.

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

12:18-29 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.