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Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change.
Tony Campolo
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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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