The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“Love is a harsh and dreadful thing to ask of us, but it is the only answer.”
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
We are not just called to be candles. Candles make for nice Christmas services and for a nice peace vigil (or a pretty Elton John song). They can remind us that God’s light dwells within us and that we are to shine that light in this dark world. But we are not just called to be candles. We are called to be fire.3 Candles can be snuffed out by the s
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Today, there are many things I love about “America the Beautiful,” and yet the book of Revelation sounds a clear warning that any glory we give to Babylon is glory that belongs only to God. As my friend Tony Campolo says, “We may live in the best Babylon in the world, but it is still Babylon, and we are called to ‘come out of her.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“It’s not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. . . . I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“We can do no great things, just small things with great love.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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,” or, “When I was naked, you donated clothes to the Salvation Army and they clothed me.” Jesus is not seeking distant acts of charity. He seeks concrete acts of love: “you fed me . . . you visited me in prison . . . you welcomed
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We set up a directory of communities: www.communityofcommunities.info.
Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
if we believe terrorists are beyond redemption, we can rip out half of our New Testament, since it was written by a converted terrorist who became an extremist for grace.