Was Jesus a Communist or Capitalist?
Kara Powell | Dec 21, 2010
Somehow in the midst of my November travels, I missed this CNN article and video asking “Was Jesus a Communist or a Capitalist?” The story and video feature Shane Claiborne from The Simple Way and Peter Greer, president of Hope International.
My favorite line from the article is when Shane responds to the question of whether Jesus was a Communist or Capitalist by answering:
Jesus wasnt anything that ended in ‘ist’ - he was an existential lover - but I think that he was challenging all these systems, and he was pulling the best of the people in those systems out.
I love the idea that Jesus wasn’t anything that ended in “ist”.
A few days before Christmas, I’m grateful that Jesus is the bringer of Justice, hope, peace, and life.
Dr. Kara Powell is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI), a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Fuller's Chief of Leadership Formation. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women You Should Know,” Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or coauthor of a number of books, including Growing Young, Growing With, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum. Kara lives with her husband Dave and their three children, Nathan, Krista, and Jessica, in Southern California.
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