I found that the death penaltyโ - โand I'm not a hot-button issue person, you know, I'm not a single issue personโ - โbut what I think drew me to the death penalty is because it raises some very deep, fundamental questions like: Is anybody beyond redemption?
Shane ClaiborneIt is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.
Shane ClaiborneIf those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.
Shane Claiborne