Shane Claiborne
Biography
Shane Claiborne wrote Executing Grace and Rethinking Life, and co-wrote Jesus for President with Chris Haw.
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A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“David Gushee is one of the best Christian ethicists alive today. This is his manifesto to America . . . written like a love letter to the empire.”
Against the Tide, Towards the Kingdom
“As you flip through these pages, you feel your soul start to breathe better. It is a call to break free from all that suffocates us and to live with the recklessness and innocence of the lilies and sparrows. Justin and Jenny not only invite you to reject the counterfeit splendor and empty promises but they point you towards new rhythms and holy habits that move the world a little closer to God's dream for it.”
World Religions
“Jim Wallis has a fire in his bones and cannot be silenced. In this landmark book, he takes on one of the most important issues of our age, America’s original sin—racism. But this isn’t a rant. It is a thoughtful, heartfelt, compassionate plea for us to heal the wounds of racial injustice and build a new America, and a new world, together.”
History & Biography
“In An Embassy Besieged, a small community of Christians courageously and graciously refuses to compromise their faith in the face of the worst human evil. Their witness has much to teach us today in a world so riddled with prejudice, so tired of militarism, so starved for grace, and so desperate for imagination.”
Theology
“There is a dreadful pattern evident in church history where we continually overcompensate where our Christianity has become imbalanced. We exaggerate the truth that has been neglected, and we keep ending up with a lopsided faith . . . then we wind up with Jesus-lovers that forget justice and justice-lovers that forget Jesus. It is my hope that this book helps cure our bifurcated 'either/or' mentality that keeps separating things that must be held together-loving God and loving people, the great commandment and the great commission, a God that is personal and a God that is social . . . may the pages of this book remind us that Jesus and Justice must kiss, and that loving God and loving people are like the blades of scissors-they've got to stick together.”
Evangelism & Missions
“I have loved watching D.L. Mayfield find her voice in the wild world of Christendom. She has loved the Church like you love your crazy uncle—sometimes rolling your eyes, but always with admiration and respect. Here is a woman who knows all too well that we descend into greatness, we fail forward, our wounds are credentials rather than liabilities. On these pages it is clear that we are wounded healers, that the path to God is one of downward mobility, and that all the ground is level at the foot of the cross. God is good. The rest of us are just figuring stuff out—imperfect people who have fallen in love with a perfect God, and are doing our best to follow.”
Christian Living
“Sometimes I feel like Greg Boyd is a ‘brother-from-another-mother.’ I try to read everything he writes. Sometimes I find him articulating things I haven’t been able to put the words to. He’s one of the great thinkers of the contemporary church. He’s gotten used to exploring new territory, and in this book he dives into the issue of doubt and certainty—and recovers the lost treasure of Christlike humility and childlike wonder. Enjoy.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“It’s been said that many Christians have a head full of Scripture but a heart full of hate. That is why I find Zach Lambert so refreshing. In this debut book, he answers bad theology with good theology. Zach is a pastor who loves people and a theologian who loves Scripture. He cares so much about Jesus and the Bible that he isn’t willing to concede his faith to those who distort Scripture in order to camouflage their bigotry. This is a book for people who love the Bible as much as it is a book for those who have been turned off by the Bible because of how it’s been weaponized. Let it cause you to lean in, stay curious, question the clichés, and take the Bible back as a love story.”
Called to Be Friends, Called to Serve
History & Biography
“It’s easy to hang out with people who are like us—people who talk like us, eat like us, and vote like us. But at the heart of the Gospel is a call to love bigger than the circles of sameness, to venture beyond the confines of biology and nationality and to be ‘born again.’ This book is the story of a holy, courageous, enduring, full-Gospel friendship. I’ve known Howard and John for decades. I’ve learned from both of them, and I’ve humbly disagreed with each of them at times. But beyond opinions and issues, they have taught me about friendship and sacrificial love. They’ve shown me that there is something more important than being right, and that is being humble, and kind, and Christ-like. They’ve taught me it’s not enough to be right in our heads, but we also have to be compassionate in our hearts. This book is a gift to the church, and to the world—just like John Perkins and Howard Ahmanson.”
Fiction
“It’s been said that God occasionally drops a handkerchief down to earth to leave God’s scent in the world—and that those handkerchiefs are the saints. Ian Cron has picked up the handkerchief of this legendary figure, Francis of Assisi. There are tons of books about Francis that are historical and informative; in fact, it’s been said more books have been written about Francis than any person in history other than Jesus. But this one’s different, told through the life of a fictitious man named Chase. Dive in and allow God’s fragrance to come off these pages and get on you. And then be the fragrance of God in the world like Francis was.”
Christian Living
“This book is not about guilt. It’s about life. Many of us think we are alive, but we are really just breathing. The things we own begin to control us like heroine, or demons. Our possessions possess us and we find that the more we buy, the less we become. We end up the wealthiest and loneliest people in the world. In this book, Mark Powley exorcises the demons of consumerism and invites us to detox from our addiction to Mammon. Mark refuses to accept the lie that happiness must be purchased.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Twenty years ago when we started The Simple Way, we decided to worship on Sunday at the church closest to us. I’m glad we did. Kevin Yoho was the pastor. I remember hearing him challenge bad theology and the stigma of our neighborhood, known by many as ‘the Badlands.’ Kevin said this: ‘Don't forget what they said about Nazareth . . . nothing good could come from there.’ Kevin Yoho knew that God shows up in the margins. Yoho is a gifted theologian and urbanologist—helping people unpack the mystery of the incarnation . . . this idea that God put skin on and moved into the neighborhood, and invites us to follow. I remember hearing another pastor tell me that he initially thought we were missionaries here in ‘the Badlands,’ but then he realized that we were actually missionaries to the Church—inviting the church to come back to the neighborhood, and find Jesus on these broken streets. Pastors like Kevin Yoho are reminding the Church why she exists. And it is not just to have worship services on Sundays.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Few people have inspired me more than Brueggemann, especially as we try to understand what it means to be God’s peculiar people in the belly of the empire. This series is sort of like the ʽbest hits’ album of one of the world’s greatest theologians.”
Early Pentecostals on Nonviolence and Social Justice
History & Biography
“When you think of Christians committed to peace and social justice, Pentecostals may not be the first folks who come to mind. But this book is about to blow your mind and shatter your stereotypes. These authors are Pentecostal insiders, and they know their history. Here is a book that shows that not only are peace and social justice compatible with Pentecostalism, they are inseparable from it.”
Evangelism & Missions
“Randy White paves the road for us to enter the Story that begins in the Garden and ends in the City. Here is a gentle invitation to participate in the healing of broken lives and cracked sidewalks, and to practice resurrection in the abandoned places of the empire.”
Everything Good about God Is True
Christian Living
“This book is a reminder that the answer to bad theology isn't no theology; it is good theology. We need to reclaim our faith from the folks who have used it to camouflage their bigotry. We need to live out a version of Christianity that is beautiful and loving and worth believing in. In this manifesto of love, my friend Bruce Reyes-Chow invites us all to acknowledge the damage that has been done in the name of Christ, but he also dares us to refuse to let the bad news be the only news. He challenges us to reclaim our faith.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“It's tempting to look at all the problems in the world, throw our hands up at God and say, 'Why don't you do something?' When we ask that, we often hear God say back, 'I did something. I made you.' Throughout history, the movements that have changed the world for good have been divine conspiracies, holy collaborations between God and people. For some reason, God doesn't want to change the world without us. Sometimes we are waiting on God, and God is waiting on us. When we ask God to move a mountain, God might give us a shovel. In this book, Peter and Alexia remind us that faith has to have feet--the good news needs to become flesh. The gospel is not just about ideas, it's about action--Jesus does not just offer us a presentation of ideas but an invitation to join a movement. As you read it, keep your eyes open for ways you might be called to become a part of the change we all want to see in the world.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“What. A. Book. This is one of those books that moves you in your head and in your heart. The authors resist the temptation of rehearsing old clichés and paralyzing polemics. It is a well-researched work of art, firmly grounded in Christian faith and Scripture and weaves together ideas and practices as few books are able to. Faithful Antiracism doesn't leave you stuck in shame and guilt, not knowing how to move forward, but casts a vision for how we can move forward together. This book is a gift to the world.”
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