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I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.
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Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, If I should wake before I die. . . . Life can get away from you.
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In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
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I've got some repenting to do. I doubt, however, that those who have wedded Christianity with laissez-faire capitalism will see things this way. I can just hear them saying, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.
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