It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard for seekers to find God nowadays.
Shane ClaiborneOnly God is awesome.
Shane ClaiborneA pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.
Shane ClaiborneStichwörter: celebrities martyrs
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.
Shane ClaiborneWe do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighers, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.
Shane ClaiborneAnd I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about.
Shane ClaiborneStichwörter: inspirational
Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would declare God's blessing on the po0r rather than on the rich and would insist that it's not enough to just love your friends. I just began to wonder if anybody still believed Jesus meant those things he said.
Shane ClaiborneStichwörter: christianity christian-behavior
But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last will be first, I started wondering why I was working so hard to be first.
Shane ClaiborneOne thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.
Shane ClaiborneWhen the church takes affairs of the state more seriously than they do Jesus, Pax Romana becomes its gospel and the president becomes the Son of God.
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