Anabaptist LensLines™

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

14:1, 7-14 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.

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

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

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

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

14:1, 7-14 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.

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

In Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

Luke 14:1, 7-14, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

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

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

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

: 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.

5:1-7 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

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

If Luke 12:49-56 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.

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

1-21 encourages small-faithfulness: the peaceable way is quiet, steady, and strong—today, not someday.