Shane Claiborne Quotes

Anything good that we do is because of God. Whenever we get our eyes off of Him we crash and burn.

God can dream a better dream for you than you can!

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God.

It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.

It is always helpful to us to fix our attention on the God-ward aspect of Christian work; to realise that the work of God does not mean so much man's work for God, as God's own work through man.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Basketball did not save my life. God saved my life. It's not basketball. But God saved my life because he blessed me through basketball. He opened the door from basketball.

Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords.

Jesus moved in a very poor world. People were seeking their own solutions. Many were helped - not that Jesus was helping - they were helped. And Jesus says again and again: "It is your faith that has healed you." When you have faith, compassion can pour into you. When you have faith, you are open to compassion.

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.

I don't think it's a coincidence this happened. God does things for a reason ... It's a good message for back home.

I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn't interest me one single a bit.

And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from Crusoe's ship--even that had been the wild whisper of something originally wise, for, according to Christianity, we were indeed the survivors of a wreck, the crew of a golden ship that had gone down before the beginning of the world.

One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

How did we ever get the idea that God would supply us on demand with quick fixes, that God is merely a rescuer and not a midwife?

A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.

Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

We are all God's people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn't see colors.