Hanging out with homeless people and living in a community house would not ordinarily be called “irresistible.”
However, radical living calls for radical tales, and Shane Claiborne’s book, “Irresistible Revolution,” is no different.
His tales are about a spiritual journey that leaves behind the rules and regulations of the Christian religion and passionately starts to follow Christ.
He doesn’t just give to the poor, he lives with them. He doesn’t just pray for Iraq, he goes to visit the Christians there. Claiborne also tells stories of his many arrests for his nonviolent protests for the poor.
For Claiborne, Christianity isn’t about going to church, tithing, or giving to the poor; it’s about serving others.
To some religious people Claiborne’s book is offensive, and encourages people to live too radical.
While his tales are radical, and his comparison of “emotionally charged Christianity as spiritual masturbation,” is slightly disturbing, his tales are most revealing of the true essence of Christianity and how all proclaiming Christians should live.
Claiborne goes to great lengths to explain that Christianity is not a religious way or the “American way,” but simply another way to live. This book will open the eyes from the most seasoned saint to the lowliest sinner.
