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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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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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Even if there were no heaven and there were no hell, would you still follow Jesus? Would you follow him for the life, joy and fulfilment he gives you right now?
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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
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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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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
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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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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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Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
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I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.
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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
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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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Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith.
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The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again.
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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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So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present.
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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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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 think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
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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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Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.
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Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.
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