"A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem……" — Shane Claiborne

"A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities."

— Shane Claiborne

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86 Quotes by Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne has 86 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry…
God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that…
I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he…
But what had lasting significance were not the miracles themselves but Jesus' love. Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the…
The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an…
So even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love wins. Mercy…
The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.
I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed. People do not get crucified for charity. People are crucified…
Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it.
Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I…
Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.

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More Celebrities Quotes

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I hate celebrities. I really hate them. — Billie Joe Armstrong
It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're… — Lewis Black
I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you… — Bono
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. — Daniel J. Boorstin
In Boston, they love their sports celebrities. And it's great. — Tom Brady
The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities. — Julian Clary
I just think there are a lot of celebrities who don't feel that they have a voice. A lot of… — George Clooney
I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness… — Jarvis Cocker
I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of… — Georgie Henley
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage… — Arthur Rimbaud
The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity… — Daniel J. Boorstin
We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship. — Shirley Jones

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