Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated.
Shane ClaiborneDavid, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible thingsโ - โthey were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace.
Shane ClaiborneWe can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.
Shane Claiborne[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love.
Shane ClaiborneWhen we really began executions rather than lynchings, black folks were 22% of our population in 1950, for instance, but they were 75% of the executions. Now, African-Americans are 13% of the population, but they're still almost half of death row, and over a third of the executions. 34% of the executions are black folks. So, like, I mean, things like the race of the victim is one of the biggest determinants of who gets executed.
Shane Claiborne