Best-selling authors Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo talk candidly about the life and teaching of Jesus and the wisdom he offers our fractured world.

For all the Christians facing conflict between Jesus' words and their own lives; for all the non-Christians who feel they rarely see Jesus' commands reflected in the choices of his followers; "Red Letter Revolution" is a blueprint for a new kind of Christianity, one consciously centered on the words of Jesus, the Bible's "red letters."

Framed as a captivating dialogue between Shane Claiborne, a progressive young evangelical, and Tony Campolo, a seasoned pastor and professor of sociology, "Red Letter Revolution" is a life-altering manifesto for any Christian. It is a call to a lifestyle that considers first and foremost Jesus' explicit, liberating message of sacrificial love.

Shane and Tony candidly bring the words of Jesus to bear directly on contemporary issues of liturgy, community, Islam, hell, homosexuality, civil disobedience, and twenty other critical topics for modern believers. The resulting conversations reveal the striking truth that Christians guided unequivocally by the words of Jesus will frequently reach conclusions utterly contrary to those of mainstream evangelical Christianity.If the Jesus who speaks to you through the gospels is at odds with the Christian culture you know, if you have ever wanted to stand up and say "I love Jesus, but that's not me," "Red Letter Revolution" will prove that you are not alone--you may have been a Red Letter Christian all along.

2012 Midwest Publishing Association Crystal Book Award honorable mention Margot Starbuck is back with as much passion and energy as ever. In thirty brief chapters, she invites you to choose the adventure that fits who you are in authentically loving those around you. Yes, she knows: just the thought of adding something more to your life sounds exhausting. But here's the fantastic truth she's discovered in her own journey: "We don't have to add lots more overwhelming activity to what we've already got going. The regular stuff of our lives--the commute to work and the potlucks and home improvement projects and errands and play dates--are the exact places in which we express and experience God's love for a world in need." With a list of resources, a study guide and a six-week "Adventure Challenge," as well as plenty of stories and hilarity from Margot's own life, Small Things with Great Love will open your eyes to the people around you and the huge impact you can have on them through small acts of love. "Small things happen when I learn the name of my daughter's school bus driver," Margot writes. "Small things happen when I listen to the dreams of a woman who lives in a group home on my block. Small things happen when I risk crossing a language barrier even though I look really stupid doing it." And small things add up to big adventures and surprises, for you and others. The biggest surprise of all might be how powerfully God can use you, right in the midst of your walking-the-dog, paying-the-bills, doing-laundry life, when you're living out his love. Do the first small thing by opening these pages--and let the adventure begin

A Tony Campolo Classic!

Best-selling author and popular speaker Tony Campolo writes to communicate the faith in understandable terms to secular people steeped in contemporary ideas about the nature of things, and to clarify for Christian readers how our beliefs intersect conclusively with modern concerns. He does that with both clarity and wit.

"Where would we be without Tony Campolo? I encourage all Christians with open minds and hearts to let Tony's wisdom and passion challenge, disturb, and educate you."

- Brian McLaren

Two of the most vocal activists on racial issues in the church seek nothing less than a conversion of American Christianity. They directly challenge the churches to resume leadership in overcoming and redressing America's legacy of racial segregation. Campolo and Battle expose the realities of racial division in the churches and then lift up a vision of a church without racism. To achieve reconciliation within and among the denominations, they argue, both the black and the white church need to acknowledge and overcome substantial problems in their traditions. The authors provide a blueprint for how racially reconciled churches can encourage activism in the cities, church involvement in politics, and responsible use of the Bible, ultimately helping to transform American society itself.

AIDS, women preachers, public schools, psychological counseling, homosexuality, and working mothers-these are some of the hot issues that many Christians avoid discussing. With insight and clarity, Tony Campolo confronts today's toughest social and moral questions while raising a few of his own.

In four hard-hitting, humorous sections, Campolo galvanizes high school and college students to live lives of total commitment to Christ, to move beyond "warm fuzzies" and good intentions, and to set a course for a lifetime of spiritual adventure.

In this book, Tony Campolo sounds a call for Christians to address controversial issues honestly and courageously, without bowing to political correctness or party lines. Clear thinking, straight shooting, and thoroughly committed to the relevance of the gospel in today's world, Tony penetrates our complacency with arguments that are sometimes unpredictable, sometimes infuriating, but always loving and never bland.

How did we get so far off base?

Do you ever get the feeling that somebody has gone through our world and switched the price tags on everything? Things that ought to be treated as precious-like family, friends and faith-are inconsequential, and things like a new BMW, membership in the country club and the climb up the corporate ladder are all too often considered of great importance.

Author Tony Campolo believes we are forcing ourselves to do things we think are important in order to "keep up" with the rest of the world. "God wants us to have fun-yet we don't know how," Campolo says. Who Switched The Price Tags? challenges us to take a serious look at the important areas of our lives and put the right price tags back on the right items in order to experience the true fulfillment God has planned for us.

Ever spent another birthday wondering where your life has gone?

Most of us are not living to our full potential. We've let go of our dreams and resigned ourselves to a life of quiet frustration. We go through the motions each day with a mentality that says "so high and no more." Tony Campolo says, ENOUGH! It's time to SEIZE THE DAY!

Every morning we have a new 24-hour opportunity to leave a lasting legacy on this world. In "Carpe Diem," Campolo will challenge you to let go of whatever is holding you back, and show you how to wake up refreshed, renewed and ready to make the most of the day you've been given. His contagious enthusiasm will get you revved up to take your life back into your own hands, and learn how to squeeze the last drop out of every day!

Start living big, seize the day. Don't wait - your time is now!

A Tony Campolo Classic!

What if there were two men named Jesus in the city of Nazareth? One was Jesus Barabbas, son of Abbas. One was Jesus Barjoseph, son of Joseph.
One man was famous for his hatred and destruction. One was famous for his love and compassion. They lived, played, studied, and worked side by side, with one crucial difference: only one of them offered the way to salvation and eternal life.
In "Which Jesus," Campolo follows the divergent paths of the two until they converge at the feet of Pilate. Comparing the lives of two distinctly different men, a portrait emerges of One who had power over life and death versus one who would live by the sword and die by the sword.
As Campolo draws the compelling distinction between true power and love and ill-gotten power and hate, Christians see that they have the ability today to do even greater works for the Kingdom than they ever believed possible. It's a simple question of choosing which Jesus to serve.

Marx...Kierkegaard...Nietzsche...Freud...If we do not learn from them, it may be at our own peril.

In Partly Right, Dr. Campolo explores the background and claims of the major critics of bourgeois Christianity from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Stepping into the roles of these intellectuals, he argues their points, their views, and their complaints about the middle-class societies spawned by Protestantism.

Campolo clearly and rationally shows both pros and cons of the critic's theories. As Christians, we should be aware not only of their misconceptions, but also of their truths. Campolo says, "Middle-class Christianity shows no signs of dying. This book is designed to analyze the criticisms of its enemies, test their validity, and explain why bourgeois religion has survived them.."

A Tony Campolo Classic

Fifteen years ago, Tony Campolo's 20 Hot Potatoes That Christians Are Afraid to Touch pushed, pulled, and prodded Christians into serious consideration of controversial but critical issues related to the Christian life. Campolo challenged his more than 150,000 readers to re-think their convictions (and prejudices) and to do something about them

Dubbed by Christianity Today as "the positive prophet" and "a ferocious critic of Christians left and right," Campolo lives up to his reputation in this latest book examining some of today's toughest questions and issues: Is evangelical Christianity anti-feminist? Is our affluent lifestyle at odds with our faith? Is America really in moral decline? Is Islam really an evil religion? Should Christian parents pull their kids out of public schools? Was the war with Iraq a "just" war?

Speaking My Mind...Tony Campolo at his best.

Vivid. Passionate. Witty. Poignant. No one tells a story like Tony Campolo.

Why stories? Stories have the power to sneak up on us, catch us unaware, and in the process draw us closer to our fellow human beings . . . and to God. And when Tony Campolo tells a story, we are captivated and entertained by the amazing characters and situations he describes.You'll laugh (or wince) at how one particular missions offering was raised.You'll feel the tragedy of a friend Tony didn't stand up for.You'll thrill to the "Sunday's comin' " sermon.You'll be moved when you learn about the childhood event that caused Bishop Tutu to become a priest.

These are stories of hope, doubt, faith, failure, and triumph. Of people standing up for justice, showing mercy, and living for God. But don't just expect to be entertained by Tony Campolo-though you will be. He just might change your heart and your life's priorities.

Listen well. You might overhear God talking to you.

With candor and insight, Tony Campolo passionately hits on hot button issues that impact the Christian life, including how to: protect yourself from technology without becoming Amish; have a devotional life without becoming a monk, and figure out the will of God without hearing voices from Heaven.

For all the Christians facing conflict between Jesus' words and their own lives, for all the non-Christians who feel they rarely see Jesus' commands reflected in the choices of his followers, "Red Letter Revolution" is a blueprint for a new kind of Christianity, one consciously centered on the words of Jesus, the Bible's "red letters."

Framed as a captivating dialogue between Shane Claiborne, a progressive young evangelical, and Tony Campolo, a seasoned pastor and professor of sociology, "Red Letter Revolution" is a life-altering manifesto for skeptics and Christians alike. It is a call to a lifestyle that considers first and foremost Jesus' explicit, liberating message of sacrificial love.

Shane and Tony candidly bring the words of Jesus to bear on contemporary issues of violence, community, Islam, hell, sexuality, civil disobedience, and twenty other critical topics for people of faith and conscience today. The resulting conversations reveal the striking truth that Christians guided unequivocally by the words of Jesus will frequently reach conclusions utterly contrary to those of mainstream evangelical Christianity.

If the Jesus who speaks to you through the Gospels is at odds with the Christian culture you know, if you have ever wanted to stand up and say, "I love Jesus, but that's not me," "Red Letter Revolution" will prove that you are not alone--you may have been a Red Letter Christian all along.

Endorsements:

"This book, by a young and an elderly Christian, will help you decide how we Christians could change the world if we took the 'red letter' words of Jesus literally and seriously." --President Jimmy Carter

"In Red Letter Revolution the uncompromised truth of Jesus' teachings are given voice by two modern-day Christian leaders who do more than preach this Good News. They walk the talk and lead the way." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"I started reading this book and couldn't stop. . . . Thank you, Tony and Shane. Thank you for this book. May the movement spread around the world." --Abuna Elias Chacour,
Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Galilee

"Red Letter Revolution is an adrenaline-producing conversation with prophetic bite." --Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message Bible

"I cannot over-emphasize or exaggerate the richness of this book." --Phyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity

"In this courageous and well crafted book, we have a return to the core message of the Gospel from two Christians who first tried to live it themselves--and only then spoke." --Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation

"Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo are two of the most significant prophetic voices in the Christian world." --Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine (tikkun.org)

"This is a must-read book for anyone who is seeking to take Jesus' call on their lives seriously." --Jim Wallis, founder and editor of Sojourners magazine

"If you ever wished you could eavesdrop on a conversation with two of the world's most interesting and inspiring Christians, just turn to page one." --Brian D. McLaren, author/speaker (brianmclaren.net)

How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel If you re brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture controlled church---and the issues in your own life---read on. Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we re not doing what we re supposed to be doing? That we still haven t quite gotten it ? That we ve missed the point regarding many important issues? It s understandable if we ve relied on what we ve been told to believe or what s widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure---one that s about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we ve missed the point on crucial topics such as: salvation, the Bible, being postmodern, worship, homosexuality, truth, and many more."

A Tony Campolo Classic!

For everyone who has lost at love, been let down by life, feels like their universe is unraveling...here is the celebrated message from Tony Campolo to warm their souls and encourage them to keep trusting in God.

This repackaged edition celebrates one of the most classic messages of our day. Get ready to be challenged and inspired by Tony Campolo's timeless words of hope for every believer... "IT'S FRIDAY, BUT SUNDAY'S COMIN'

"Where would we be without Tony Campolo? I encourage all Christians with open minds and hearts to let Tony's wisdom and passion challenge, disturb, and educate you."

- Brian McLaren

El cristianismo de los primeros tiempos era contagioso, energetico y lleno de gozo. En "El Reino de Dios es una fiesta," el sociologo Tony Campolo, ensena por que los cristianos deben ser las personas que armen fiestas dondequiera que esten. Ya sea con palabras, acciones o su simple presencia, los cristianos pueden convertir la vida en una fiesta que atraiga al necesitado, solitario, enfermo y oprimido a los brazos del amante Padre Celestial.

Para todos los cristianos que se hallan en conflicto entre las palabras de Jesus y la realidad de sus propias vidas, y para todos los no cristianos que sienten que muy ocasionalmente se ven los mandamientos de Jesus reflejados en las elecciones que hacen sus seguidores, "La revolucion de las letras rojas "constituira una
guia para un nuevo tipo de cristiandad, conscientemente centrado en las palabras de Jesus que aparecen en las letras rojas de la Biblia.

Estructurado como un dialogo cautivante entre Shane Caiborne (un evangelico joven y progresista) y Tony Campolo (pastor experimentado y profesor de sociologia), "La revolucion de las letras rojas" constituye un manifiesto que cambiara la vida tanto de los escepticos como de los cristianos. Es un llamado a un estilo de vida que tiene en cuenta antes que nada, y por encima de todo, el mensaje explicito y liberador de Jesus referido como el amor sacrificial.

Shane y Tony con total franqueza relacionan las palabras de Jesus con cuestiones contemporaneas como la violencia, la comunidad, el islam, el infierno, la sexualidad, la desobediencia civil y otros veinte topicos mas que resultan cruciales para las personas de fe que tienen conciencia hoy. Los dialogos resultantes revelan una sorprendente verdad: que los cristianos que se dejan guiar de manera inequivoca por las palabras de Jesus, con frecuencia llegan a conclusiones completamente opuestas a las de aquellos que forman la corriente principal del cristianismo evangelico.

Si el Jesus que te habla a traves de los evangelios no concuerda con la cultura cristiana que conoces, si alguna vez has deseado ponerte de pie y decir: Te amo, Jesus, pero yo no soy asi, "La revolucion de las letras rojas "te mostrara que no estas solo, y que puedes ser un cristiano de las letras rojas todo el tiempo.

Este libro, escrito por un cristiano de edad madura y otro joven, nos ayudara a definir la manera en que los cristianos podriamos cambiar el mundo si tomaramos literalmente y con seriedad las palabras de Jesus "escritas en rojo." --Presidente Jimmy Carter

En "La revolucion de las letras ""rojas," a la verdad sin concesiones de las ensenanzas de Jesus le aportan su voz dos lideres cristianos de los tiempos modernos, que van mas alla de predicar esas buenas nuevas. Ellos viven lo que predican y abren camino. --Arzobispo Desmond Tutu

Comence a leer este libro y no pude parar... Gracias, Tony y Shane. Gracias por este libro. Que este movimiento se extienda por todo el mundo.

--Albuna Elias Chacour, Obispo de la Iglesia Catolica Melquita de Galilea

"La revolucion de las letras rojas" es un coloquio con un sabor profetico que hace que se eleve la adrenalina. --Eugene H. Peterson, autor de la Biblia "The Message"

No puedo enfatizar por demas ni exagerar en cuanto a la riqueza de este libro. --Phyllis Tickle, autora de"Emergence"" Christianity"

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En este libro, valiente y bien escrito, tenemos un retorno al mensaje central del evangelio por parte de dos cristianos que primero intentaron vivirlo ellos mismos, y recien entonces hablaron. --Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Centro para la Accion y Contemplacion

Shane Claiborne y Tony Campolo son dos de las voces profeticas mas significativas del mundo cristiano.--Rabino Michael Lerner, editor de la revista "Tikkun Magazine"(tikkun.org)

Este es un libro de lectura obligatoria para cualquiera que busque tomar con seriedad el llamado de Jesus en su vida. --Jim Wallis, fundador y editor de la revista "Sojourners"

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Si alguna vez has anhelado escuchar a hurtadillas una conversacion entre dos de los cristianos mas interesantes e inspiradores del mundo, solo tienes que ir a la pagina uno.

--Brian C. Mclaren, autor y orador (brianmclaren.net)