I was so excited to find this book. Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne both live out their faith and I was curious to see what their discussions together would look like. The book does not disappoint.

Red Letter Revolution is styled as a number of discussions between Tony and Shane on various topics facing Christians, ranging from church history and Islam to homosexuality and politics. The title comes from the old publishing technique of printing Bibles with the words of Jesus in red. Their hope is to inspire Christians around the world to take these words seriously and consider what it means to live them out in their daily lives.

I really enjoyed the discussion style of the book, as it allowed both men to share their personal stories or reflections in their own voice. The book changes font styles between the two, which also helped me "hear" their voices as I read. I thought they did an excellent job of addressing a number of real, relevant issues in our world without ever feeling heavy-handed that you had to agree with everything they said.

If you're curious about this idea, go check out http://www.redletterchristians.org to read what others are saying about how those "red letters" shape their lives.

Where will the red letters take you?

This book reads as a conversation between two Christian activists who are asking the question what if we take the words of Jesus seriously? Claiborne and Campolo cover some of the most important issues and controversies of our time while trying to discover what it looks like to address these issues in a Christ-like way. The book adresses Christian theology and living in and looking at the world as Christians who take those red letters in the Bible seriously even when that is difficult.

It is very inspiring to see that while Claiborne and Campolo do not always agree with each other 100% of the time, they both aspire to take the radical teachings of Jesus seriously and are committed to living them out in their everyday lives. They challenge their readers to do the same and to join their movment. I found their book captivating and it was hard to put it down. This is a book that really forces the reader to ponder some important questions and examine the way they are living. The book was very well written and is full of Biblical truth which comes as a real wake up call. Even though I ocassionally disagreed with a view point, I still found this book to be profoundly rich and for the majority of the time found myself thinking, "amen, preach it!" This has become one of my all time favorite books and I would highly recommend it to everyone to read!

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This book is fantastic. It is written by Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo. I have read books by both authors and have thoroughly enjoyed them as well as have been incredibly challenged. This book does not disappoint.

It is a conversation between the two authors as they discuss many different topics that Christians need to hear about, not things they want to hear about. It is a book that you cannot read in one sitting because it is so intense, in depth and very challenging. There are many people I would encourage to read this book. It is a great book to encourage Christians to live beyond Sunday mornings. To become, red letter believers.

They discuss the difference between those who read the red letters in the Bible, and those who live the red letters in the Bible, which is what Jesus calls us to. I will be recommending this book for sure!

Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said? was written by best-selling authors and Christian thinkers Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo. they're the Lennon and McCartney of Red Letter Christianity.

Red Letter Christianity is concerned with paying particular attention to the words spoken by Jesus Christ in the New Testament. a lot of Bible will have Christ's speech in red letters. hence, Red Letter Christians, Red Letter Christianity, Red Letter Revolution.

the red letters of the New Testament are challenging. they also speak to a lot of areas of life; explicitly and implicitly. Claiborne and Campolo touch on a number of issues and faith and life in three main sections of the book.

Part 1: Red Letter Theology

Part 2: Red Letter Living

Part 3: Red Letter World

the book is a series of dialouges. reading the book is like sitting in on a conversation between Claiborne and Campolo.

it's great. it's a must read for the Church today. too often Christianity gets used for political and social reasons outside of authentic Christian faith. get back to the red letters. get back to the words of Christ.

this book is dedicated "To all of us, young and old, who want a Christianity that looks like Jesus again."

Red Letter Revolution is a book by Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo. There's a trailer promoting it that says they don't shy away from the controversial subjects, and that's true. This book talks about lots of relevant topics today, including racism, homosexuality, immigration, politics, war and violence, Islam, national debt, etc.

The different, interesting twist on this book is the way it is written; it is written more as a dialogue between Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo. You'll either like this style or dislike it, but for me, it worked and it was good to see the different (at times) views and insights from both men, especially seeing as they differ generationally.

I don't expect you'll agree with EVERYTHING in this book and I think the authors know that; what they've done here is start a dialogue not only with each other, but as a starting off point for you to wrestle with this topics and have dialogue of your own with others.

The subtitle of this book is: What if Jesus Really Meant What He Said? It's a question that bears much looking into and this book takes a deeper look into it.

I received an ebook copy free from Booksneeze. I was not required to write a favorable review.