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I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.

Tony Campolo

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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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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Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
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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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I don't know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass windows and feeding starving kids in Haiti, I have a feeling he'd choose the starving kids in Haiti.
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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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I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.
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If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.
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Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.
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Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.
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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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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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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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In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.
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The kingdom of God is a glorious and gigantic party!
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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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I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.
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I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. If I had that gift, that'd be the first thing I'd fix.
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A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.
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Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids.
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It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.
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