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Maybe we are a little crazy. After all, we believe in things we don't see. The Scriptures say that faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Heb. 11:1). We believe poverty can end even

Maybe we are a little crazy. After all, we believe in things we don't see. The Scriptures say that faith is "being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Heb. 11:1). We believe poverty can end even though it is all around us. We believe in peace even though we hear only rumours of wars. And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here.

Shane Claiborne
Crazy, War, Believe

I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we don't dare them, not because we don't entertain them. It's because we make the gospel too easy, not because we make it too difficult. Kids want to do something heroic with their lives, which is why they play video games and join the army. But what do they do with a church that teaches them to tiptoe through life so they can arrive safely at death?

Shane Claiborne
War, Kids, Army
Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.177, ReadHowYouWant.com

How ironic is it to see a bumper sticker that says 'Jesus is the answer' next to a bumper sticker supporting the war in Iraq, as if to says 'Jesus is the answer - but not in the real world.

Shane Claiborne
Jesus, Real, War
Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.166, Harper Collins

Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist.

Shane Claiborne
Crazy, War, World
Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.290, ReadHowYouWant.com

We say it is idealistic to think we can continue to live the way we live - with 5% of the world using half the world's resources, with $20,000 a second being spent on war.

Shane Claiborne
War, Thinking, Half
"Plotting goodness together: An interview with Shane Claiborne". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. May 22, 2013.

The end of war begins with people who believe that another world is possible and that another empire has already interrupted time and space and is taking over this earth with the dreams of God.

Shane Claiborne
Dream, War, Believe
Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.307, Harper Collins

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