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What I am trying to say is that Jesus who incarnated God 2,000 years ago is mystically present and waiting to be discovered in EVERY person you and I encounter

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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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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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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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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Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
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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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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
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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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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.
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Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'
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Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
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A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.
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