Jesus for President Part 2

I want to give my endorsement to Shane Claiborne and his brilliant book by the same title of this blog. Shane has helped me remember some important things that I needed to remember. Read this quote by Claiborne and his reason for writing this book.

This book is a project in renewing the imagination of the church in the United States and of those who would seek to know Jesus. We are seeing more and more that the church has fallen in love with the state and that this love affair is killing the church's imagination. The powerful benefits and temptations of running the world's largest superpower have bent the church's identity. Having power at its fingertips, the church often finds "guiding the course of history" a more alluring goal than following the crucified Christ. Too often the patriotic values of pride and strength triumph over the spiritual virtues of humility, gentleness, and sacrificial love. (17