Shane Claiborne
Biography
Shane Claiborne wrote Executing Grace and Rethinking Life, and co-wrote Jesus for President with Chris Haw.
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Theology
“In Scripture, and in the life of Jesus, we see a revolutionary new vision for the world—where the last are first and the first are last, where the poor are blessed and the peacemakers are the children of God, where the mighty are cast down from their thrones and the lowly are lifted up. Over the centuries, theologians, activists, and saints have been radicalized by the subversive, counter-cultural, anti-imperial call at the heart of the Gospel. In this short but power-packed essay, Johannes makes the case that God is inviting us to reimagine the world, and to rethink where we put our hope. It’s nothing short of a call to live in prophetic, revolutionary ways that disrupt the powers and liberate those being crushed by them.”
The Life of Peace Apostle Harcourt Klinefelter
History & Biography
“Rev. Harcourt Klinefelter is a legend. He's one of the most fascinating people I've ever met. I could have listened to his stories for hours . . . and now, thanks to this book, we actually can. It's true that our best sermon is our life. And the life of Harky Klinefelter is among the best sermons I've ever heard.”
“Scott Bessenecker has taken the risk (or fallen to the temptation!) of putting words to a stirring of the Spirit that is both fresh and ancient. His brilliant work is a celebration of the new things God is doing, while locating these movements humbly throughout church history, as the simple renewals that the Spirit seems to bring over and over on the margins of empires and markets that threaten to infect and colonize the Christian identity. But be careful neither to hail these ragamuffin disciples as celebrities or to dismiss them as saints. Rather, allow their lives to challenge us to rethink what it means to be Christian. After all, the very fact that they seem radical or odd may only be an indictment on the sort of Christianity we have become accustomed to.”
Preaching & Worship
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lamented that one of the most segregated hours is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, when the church gathers for worship. Sandra Van Opstal offers a fresh vision where the church reflects the diversity of God's kingdom rather than conforming to the patterns of segregation. The Next Worship reminds us that unity is not about uniformity, but about harmonizing rather than homogenizing. Van Opstal reminds us that what may be just as important as how we worship is who we worship with. This is a beautiful book.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Mark Scandrette is a poet, an artist, and an instigator of holy mischief. In this book, he explores the wisdom of the Beatitudes of Jesus. If you set out to compile a list of values that contradict the highest aspirations of popular American culture, you couldn't do much better than the Beatitudes of Jesus, where Christ blesses the poor, the meek, the merciful, the peacemakers. In short, Jesus blesses all the people that our world is crushing, and he includes the people we have excluded. If you're not yet convinced that the call of Jesus is countercultural and revolutionary, just consider Christ's Beatitudes and Mark's reflections on them in this book. Jesus is literally flipping the world upside-down . . . or right-side up . . . so that the last are first and the first are last. This is what God is up to, and we are invited to be a part of it. Let Mark Scandrette lead you into the hidden secrets of Jesus. If we want to be blessed by God, we need to be near to the people that this world is crushing. The blessing is not at the top but at the bottom.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“In Jesus, God leaves all the comforts of heaven, puts on skin, and moves into a broken world—born a refugee, wandering as a homeless rabbi, executed as a criminal. In this book, Michelle Warren dares us to follow the suffering Christ by leaning into the suffering of our world. She calls us not to conform to the patterns of this world, which might otherwise convince us to move out of Jesus' neighborhood.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“There is indeed new life arising from the compost of Christendom. Tony's book lets us see it, smell it, and touch it. The challenge with a book like this is neither to be overcome by the smell of the poop, nor stupified by the beauty of a flower.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Michael Yankoski has created a commonwealth of sacred treasures for all to share.”
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything
“We will never find the answers until we begin to ask the right questions. Most of us are skeptical of self-righteous folks (whether pastors or politicians) who try to force their answers into you as if truth was an enema. And if there is anything we can learn from both liberals and conservatives, it’s that you can have all the right answers and still be mean people. This is not a book of answers. Here is a book of questions—question everything … including this book.”
The Spirit of Jesus Unleashed on the Church
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“It may very well be that the future of the church rests in our ability to look back as we move forward. In the book of Acts, we see the birthday of the church--and it is dazzling. The fire of Pentecost leads to sharing possessions with open hands, and worship happens out of dinner tables and living rooms. But it is also a subversive movement, preaching a different emperor than Caesar and a different empire from Rome. These renegade Jews, convinced that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah, are turning the world upside down. Ron Clark invites you into this ancient text of Acts, and he challenges you to join the revolution of Jesus that is happening today. Ron dares you to write the next chapter of the book of Acts...with your life.”
The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good
Christian Living
“Peter Greer is a friend and a brother, a sparring partner on capitalism and things that matter. As well as anyone I know, Peter lives out the old saying of Jesus: ‘Be shrewd as a serpent and innocent as a dove.’ This is his newest book . . . full of shrewdness and full of innocence. It is a brilliant reminder that what we do is not nearly as important as who we are—and how much we give is not nearly as important as how much love is in the giving.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This book is a long-overdue pilgrimage through the empty promises, hidden hopes and subtle demons of suburbia. Urban cynics and suburban hermits rejoice--here is a refreshing invitation to find God at work in the margins, the same God who showed up in the unlikely badlands of Nazareth from which the world said nothing good could come.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This book is so full of fire that you might need gloves on as you read it. Berrigan was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century and one of my greatest inspirations. . . . Don’t just read this book. Let it get inside of you and put a fire in your bones to change the world.”
Christian Living
“I love Tyler. He has style, and wit, and innovation, and sass. I didn't like the title of the book. But then I read it. Tyler corrects some of the errors of activism and challenges the assumptions of belief-only Christianity. He reminds us here that works don't earn our salvation, but they do demonstrate it. And Tyler insists that we pray as if we depend on God, because we do . . . but that we also live as if God depends on us, because God does. May Tyler's words inspire us all to become the change we pray for.”
Christian Living
“In this book, Larry Stoess casts a vision for a Christian faith that looks like Jesus, acts like Jesus, loves like Jesus. He invites us to ‘think red,’ referring to the Bibles that highlight Jesus’ words in red font. Basically, Stoess is daring us all to live as if Jesus meant the stuff he said. This book is an altar call, commissioning us to live out a better version of our faith . . . It is a call for Christianity to be ‘born again.’”
Evangelism & Missions
“This beautiful book by Michael and Christiana reminds us that the entire creation is groaning, aching for a new world, like a mother giving birth. Pregnancy means labor, sweat, tears, blood . . . but in the end it also means new life! So roll up your sleeves and get ready . . . a new world is coming. We get to be the midwives.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Ben McBride is a bridge-builder. He is one of those rare leaders who can bring people together across the barriers that divide us, without compromising truth. He transcends the stale rhetoric, toxic self-righteousness, and paralyzing polemics of our day. I will continue to cherish every opportunity I get to collaborate with Ben and support his marvelous work. The world is a better place because Ben McBride is in it.”
Apologetics
“Amid the clutter of domesticated Christianity, Choung's book creatively reminds us all—academics, pastors, activists and grandmas—of the true revolution from which we come. Much of pop-Christianity is obsessed with the self-centered goal of finding our life, forgetting that Christ's call is to lose our life for others in order to find it. This book is an urgent cry not to settle for the dream of America over the dream of God, nor to allow cynicism to suffocate the hope that another world is possible. May True Story inspire us to continue to shout the story with our lives—even in the most abandoned corners of the empire.”
History & Biography
“Few people have impacted the church in the twentieth century more than Dorothy Day, even though her name is still unfamiliar to many. Unruly Saint beautifully captures the spirit of Day in all its candor, grunge, and messiness. Day's message is as prophetically on point today as it was fifty years ago.”
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