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There are some Christians who totally disengage from politics and set their minds on heaven so much that their faith is so heavenly minded that it is no earthly good.

Shane Claiborne

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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to victims families. We can do all sorts of creative ways of healing the pain that people have done by channeling the energy and resources to other more redemptive forms of justice.
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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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When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.
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Charity is merely returning what we have stolen.
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Biological family is too small of a vision. Patriotism is far too myopic. A love for our own relatives and a love for the people of our own country are not bad things, but our love does not stop at the border.
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As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.
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I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.
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I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal.
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I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the ability to have our hearts broken with the things that break the heart of God. That is part of what it means to be a Christian.
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[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God sent the living bread and the living water in a world where there is so much thirst and so much hunger.
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Jesus still has a really great reputation and the Spirit is still moving. I've got a lot of hope for a generation that takes Jesus seriously, once again.
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The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.
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