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Growing Smaller and Smaller until We Take Over the World

Posted on Jan 22nd, 2007 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

  In Chapter 12 of ‘The Irresistible Revolution,' author Shane Claiborne cites Mother Theresa as saying, "We can not do great things, only small things with great love. It is not how much you do... More »

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Extremists for Love

Posted on Jan 9th, 2007 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

  In Chapter 10 of The Irresistible Revolution , author Shane Claiborne begins with a quote by Tony Campolo stating, "If we were to set out to establish a religion in polor opposition to the... More »

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Jesus Is For Losers

Posted on Jan 7th, 2007 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

In the first paragraph of Chapter 9 of The Irresistible Revolution , Shane Claiborne writes of his discussion with a homeless man who defined a Christian as ‘someone who’s got their stuff together and has... More »

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Jesus Made Me Do It

Posted on Jan 5th, 2007 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

  In Chapter 8 of The Irresistible Revolution , author Shane Claiborne reminds us of the Jesus that we often forget about by looking at the Sunday school room paintings of him sitting with children... More »

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The Economics of Rebirth

Posted on Dec 27th, 2006 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

  In Chapter 6 of The Irresistible Revolution , author Shane Claiborne, takes us beyond the brokerage of capitalism and the vague idealism of communism, to the economy of love. In the Simple Way ministry,... More »

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Resurrecting Church

Posted on Dec 5th, 2006 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

In Chapter 2 of The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne, the author recounts the building of a true church several years ago in Philadelphia. It seems that members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union ,... More »

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When Chrisitanity was Still Safe

Posted on Dec 5th, 2006 by Steve : I am what I am Steve

I've just finished the first chapter of Shane Claiborne's The Irresistible Revolution entitled ‘When Christianity was Still Safe'. I can look over the chapter now with a fond recollection of my own teenage years and... More »

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