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The last chapter of Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution is titled “Crazy But Not Alone.” This is a great summary of the book and brings us to the roots of a lot of Claiborne’s arguments. A lot of it is surrounded by the ideals of the emerging church. Let’s take a lot at some of the…

Chapter 12 of Irresistible Revolution is called “Growing Smaller and Smaller…Until We Take Over the World.” This title is inspired by mega churches. Shane is questioning what kind of gospel we are preaching in the US that allows us to have these huge churches. The Bible talks about it being harder for a camel to…

Chapter 11 of Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution is titled “Making Revolution Irresistible.” He begins the chapter talking about how he rebelled from “church” by joining social activist causes. Quickly he felt, “a self-righteousness mirroring that of conservative Christianity. I felt an aggressiveness and judgementalism reminiscent of that which I had grown to despise in the church.”…

Research has shown that the more a person goes to church, the more they are likely to be sexist, racist, anti-gay, for wars and committed to a local church. Shane questions what Bible we are teaching. It is these things that cause many people to think of Christians as hypocrites instead of audacious lovers of…

Chapter 9 of Irresistible Revolution is essentially a look at modern versus post modern. Shane says that modernity is a joining of people who have it all together, while post modern is a joining of people who know they don’t. This divide is played out in all areas of faith. Iraq to some is what…

Chapter 8 of Claiborne’s book is titled “Jesus Made Me Do It.” This chapter focuses on some of Shane’s experiences upon his return from Iraq. It is essentially a chapter on living in our comfort zones. In Philadelphia’s Love Park, Shane would hang out with homeless folks and pass out food often. The city then…