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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
There aren't enough words to describe how incredible and vital this book is!! It has got me excited about Christianity again, re-convicted me of how I fall short of God's glory AND his call to 'do better' as a follower of Christ, and reminded me there is no such thing as the voiceless.
The communities that Shane describes throughout the book have inspired me and I am so looking forward to founding an intentional community of some sort myself in the future!
A Christian (and non-Christian) must-read.
''The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into".
“We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighters, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.”
The communities that Shane describes throughout the book have inspired me and I am so looking forward to founding an intentional community of some sort myself in the future!
A Christian (and non-Christian) must-read.
''The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into".
“We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighters, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.”
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
If you look away from the design and the language and focus on the important part, the message, there´s not much left to criticize. A lot of questions came up though, on how to integrate these focuses practically in your own life. Also it would have been interesting to get to know more about the circumstances in Shane´s life, like, how did he fund his own studies and how did he earn money after that? And am I the only one that actually would like to hear his opinions on sexualities, abortion and drugs? Saying that those questions "don´t matter" doesen´t put me to rest.
This is more like a 4.75 because there were a few chapters that I kind of skimmed because they didn't interest me as much. However, the parts I did read were absolutely amazing.
This book is Shane Claiborne explaining his perspective of God, the Bible, and what it looks like to follow Jesus. He covers hypocrisy in the church and how Christians get too comfortable with their faith life, among other things.
I really connected to the life experience he shared. It added to what I've already been learning this year, so I was especially excited by the things he was saying.
I think all Christians would benefit from reading this. Even if you completely disagree with what he thinks, it will make you consider what you believe and why you live the way you do, if nothing else.
This book is Shane Claiborne explaining his perspective of God, the Bible, and what it looks like to follow Jesus. He covers hypocrisy in the church and how Christians get too comfortable with their faith life, among other things.
I really connected to the life experience he shared. It added to what I've already been learning this year, so I was especially excited by the things he was saying.
I think all Christians would benefit from reading this. Even if you completely disagree with what he thinks, it will make you consider what you believe and why you live the way you do, if nothing else.
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This book will change your life. It is a call to be radical by remembering what we were. So good.
This book will get you thinking about our culture and the American Christian culture as well. It will challenge you to simplify, find ways to reach out to the poor and find ways to be in community. It has 1,000 running through my head of how we can make changes.
Just finished the Irresistible Revolution and it's really exciting. It was an amazing, challenging and uplifting book. I definitely don't know where to go with all of this, but I know I'm glad for that because all we need from books like these are to feel convicted and ready to do something and to think more deeply about what should be troubling us. So I think I will try to think more on what it means to be a real follower of Christ and how I can learn to live that out in my life here and now. I know it's radical and scary and against the norm and real and genuine and nothing like what I planned my life to be, but really what about God has ever been? I know from the end of the book though that I'm definitely not alone and I never was so we'll see where this all takes us. And how it alters my thinking in the future. May take a few re-readings to get it through my head. But something will happen - is happening - and it's gonna be good I can tell.
A great book just like Jesus for President. I would recommend this to people I know could handle it.
So here's a kid who's spurred on by his (personal) religion to do good and live well. In this case, that doesn't involve making life miserable for anyone else. The writing's not great, but I give Shane credit for thinking hard about the choices he makes. I found myself liking this book because I think religion is generally far, far more trouble than it's worth, and Shane's attempts at a decent life are a pleasant surprise.