The idea behind the book is that we need to have a fresh look at the words of Jesus – in some Bibles they are printed in red.
This is exactly what you would expect from Claiborne and Campolo. I found it very helpful although it probably only skims over most of the subjects. Here are some tasters…
Community (Acts 2 church) – “it wasn’t that they had community because they shared, they shared because they had community.”
Church – a comment on St Francis – “his best sermon was his life”.
Hell – “St Paul was complaining to St Peter that he kept
Red Letter Christianity
It wasn’t written to entertain the mind…
