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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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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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He saved us in order that He might begin to transform His world into the kind of world that He willed for it to be when He created it. … When Jesus saved us, He saved us to be agents of a great revolution, the end of which will come when the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdom of our God
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I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.
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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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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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Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.
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So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are.
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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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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 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'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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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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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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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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But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.
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