jesus for president??

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Would love to have been at this debate between greg boyd, chuck colson and shane claiborne. if you haven't read irresistable revolution, you should do so. very challenging book. below is a quick tidbit from greg boyd's blog as he reflects on the debate and some key disagreements between him and chuck colson on the christian's duty towards government.

also mentioned in the blog is shane's new book that will be coming out entitled "jesus for president." can't wait to pick that up!


* Finally, I have to say that the best lines of the debate went to Shane. Three times the crowd applauded after he spoke (Chuck and I got zero). The most insightful, I thought, was when he responded to Colson's citation of Bonhoeffer's attempt to assassinate Hitler as an example of how Christians need to participate in politics and sometimes resort to violence. Shane told a story (of course) of a film he watched that interviewed Hitler's chief secretary. She said that it was "miraculous" how Hitler escaped unharmed when the bomb Bonhoeffer's group planted exploded. This reinforced Hitler's sense of divine mission at a time when it was wavering and encouraged him to carry out his genocidal programs more enthusiastically. Shane said that as much as he respects Bonhoeffer, "the cross lost when that bomb went off." Wow.