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Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
Author
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Philadelphia
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Jesus never says to the poor: ‘come find the church’, but he says to those of us in the church: ‘go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.
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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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Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.
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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 contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.
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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?
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A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.
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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.
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I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
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After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.
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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.
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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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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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Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith.
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The kingdom of God is a glorious and gigantic party!
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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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As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
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Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
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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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A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.
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