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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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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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