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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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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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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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I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life.
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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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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
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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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