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A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

Tony Campolo

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.
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I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
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As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
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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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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
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Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion.
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There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money, there's something wrong with keeping it.
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One of the most startling discoveries of my life was the realization that the Jesus that I love, the Jesus who died for me on Calvary, that Jesus, is waiting, mystically and wonderfully, in every person I meet. I find Jesus everywhere.
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My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have a secure nation with secure borders - also loves the Palestinians.
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Our call is to be God's agents, to rescue not only the human race but the whole of creation.
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Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible?
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Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual traditions but have much in common with each other.
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After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.
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Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.
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If we were to set out to establish a religion in polar opposition to the Beatitudes Jesus taught, it would look strikingly similar to the pop Christianity that has taken over the airwaves of North America.
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Nothing is more dangerous than to live out the will of God in today's contemporary world. It changes your whole monetary lifestyle...Let me put it quite simply: If Jesus had $40,000 and knew about the kids who are suffering and dying in Haiti, what kind of car would he buy?
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An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.
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If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
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Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.
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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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