...I believe in a God of scandalous grace. I have pledged allegiance to a King who loved evildoers so much he died for them, teaching us that there is something worth dying for but nothing worth killing for.
Shane ClaiborneTags: christianity god grace
One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.
Shane ClaiborneThis 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.
Shane ClaiborneTags: politics jesus community need welfare
If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people.
Shane ClaiborneTags: love change jesus community giving
I had come to see that the great tragedy in the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor...I truly believe that when the rich meet the poor, riches will have no meaning. And when the rich meet the poor, we will see poverty come to an end.
Shane ClaiborneTags: christianity church poverty
The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.
Shane ClaiborneTags: politics christians republican democratic system
We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.
Shane ClaiborneWhen we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.
Shane ClaiborneGod's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.
Shane ClaiborneTags: compassion wealth christianity poverty community save need hoarding giving lack sharing accumulation savings provision profits redistribution
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.
Shane ClaiborneTags: friends christianity jesus collaboration allies christians subversion working-together
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