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Jesus and taxes.
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people defend blind trust and obedience in their government by appealing to Jesus’ statement: “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” (my paraphrase), which seems at the surface to be in support of the [...] Read more »
Engaging Jesus for President Part IV: Render unto Caesar
May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Jesus for President Part III: Jesus was an Atheist
April 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Part I | Part II
Enter Jesus. The second section of the book is called “A New Kind of Commander and Chief” and it deals with the story of Jesus. Finally, after growing tried of watching humanity be seduced by power and privilege, God decided to get involved. God got local. God got [...] Read more »
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Engaging Jesus for President Part II: In the Beginning…
April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Part I
So what is this book about? Basically this: we can’t differentiate between what is Christian and what is American anymore. And frankly, when a lot of people say “Christian” they actually mean “American.” The church has been married to the state for quite sometime and as a result, the lust for [...] Read more »
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Engaging Jesus For President Part I
April 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Instead of writing a normal book review, I’ve decided to take each section of Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw’s book Jesus for President, and individually make some comments and reflections. This book deals with my own personal “sweet spot” of theology and politics, an area I am continually wrestling with and struggling to make [...] Read more »
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Shane Claiborne
October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Next week I’ll be going to a Social Justice Conference in Forth Worth sponsored by the UMC. I’m getting pretty excited. The best part is a get to hear this guy speak:
~bh ><>
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