For all of the Christians who are in conflict between the words of Jesus and the reality of their lives, and for all of the Christians who occasionally come to terms with the mandates of Jesus reflected in the elections that led to their seguidores, The Revolution of the red letters constitute a guide for a new type of Christianity, consciously centered in the words of Jesus that appear in the “red letters” of the Bible.
Estructurado as a cautivante dialogue between Shane Caiborne (a young and progressive evangelist) and Tony Campolo (experienced pastor and professor of sociology), The revolution of the red letters constitutes a manifesto that changes the life of both the skeptical and the Christian. Is a llamado with a style of life that holds in cues before that, and with the start of everything, the explicit and liberating message of Jesus referred to as sacrificial love.
Shane and Tony with total franqueza relacionan las palabras de Jesús contemporáneas cuestiones contemporáneas como la violence, la comunidad, el Islam, el infierno, la sexualidad, la desobediencia civil and other veinte topics more than resulting crucially for the people of the woman who have their conscience hoy . The resulting dialogues reveal a surprising truth: that the Christians who are already inequivocal in the words of Jesus, with frequent conclusions completely opuestas to those who form the main line of evangelical Christianity.
If the Jesus you lived through the gospels did not concuerda with the Christian culture that you knew, if you did not want to write a letter and say: “Te amo, Jesús, pero yo no soy así”, La revolution de las literas rojas You will see that it is not solo, and that it can be a Christian of the “red letters” all the time.
“This book, written by a young and old Christian, we will have to define the way in which our Christians can change the world if they literally die and with the series of words written by Jesus “written in red””. ―President Jimmy Carter
“In the revolution of the red letters, to the truth without the concessions of the teachings of Jesus it aportan to your Christian leaders of the modern times, which moreover went to preach these good new ones. They live where they preach and there is a path”. ―Arzobispo Desmond Tutu
“Started to read this book and can't read it... Gracias, Tony and Shane. Thanks for this book. This movement is extended by all of the world. ― Albuna Elias Chacour , Obispo de la Iglesia Católica Melquita de Galilea
“ The revolution of the red letters is a colloquy with a professional savor that raises the adrenaline”. ― Eugene H. Peterson , author of Biblia The Message
“You can’t get tired of it or exaggerate with the size of this book.” ―Phyllis Tickle , author of Emergence Christianity
“In this book, valid and well written, we have a return to the central message of the evangelio from the part of the Christians who first intended to live our mismos, and recién entonces hablaron”. -Fr. Richard Rohr , OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation
“Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo have the most significant professional voices in the Christian world.” ― Rabino Michael Lerner , editor of the Tikkun Magazine (tikkun.org)
“If you have ever heard of a conversation between the most interesting and inspiring Christians of the world, please refer to the page one”. ―Brian C. Mclaren , author and speaker (brianmclaren.net)
ISBN: 9780718023911