We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.
Shane ClaiborneThere is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight.
Shane ClaiborneThe best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.
Shane ClaiborneThe true atheist is the one who refuses to see God's image in the face of their neighbour.
Shane ClaiborneFaith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants.
Shane ClaiborneWhen we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a poster with [Barak] Obama's image with the word "hope" under it, something in me cringes - our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness, the old hymn goes, all other ground is sinking sand.
Shane Claiborne