Anabaptist LensLines™

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

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

In Revelation 7:9-17, 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.

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

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

In Luke 10:38-42, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

In Luke 13:10-17, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

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

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

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

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

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

11:1-3, 8-16 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

Timothy 2:8-15 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—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.

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

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

If Galatians 5:1, 13-25 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

119:137-144 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.