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When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.
Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.
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There are folks who burn the Koran and hold signs saying, God hates fags and all sorts of sick things - and they often hijack the headlines with hatred. We know that is not what Christ was like.
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Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.
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That is part of our critique of some of the charity and service work is that we can still keep relationships at a distance by creating programs that offer services but we don't really create a reconciled community.
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This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire.
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There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of.
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If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.
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What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?
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It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.
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David, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible things - they were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace.
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It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!
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As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad thing, but love doesn't stop at borders. Love is infinitely boundless and all about holy trespassing and offensive friendships.
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The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage.
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I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel like we can do far better justice - it's more expensive to do the death penalty than the alternatives - there's so many reasons that people come to the conclusion to abolish the death penalty.
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We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.
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All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.
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A pastor friend of mine said, Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.
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The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.
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