That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged.
Shane ClaiborneWhen you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not because they've thrown out their faith, but it's because of their faith they can't reconcile the death penalty with Jesus and their commitment to Jesus.
Shane ClaiborneSomehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name.
Shane ClaiborneThe work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.
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