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The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die. ... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize that the biblical Jesus was committed to the realization of a new social order in this world.... Becoming a Christian, therefore, is a call to social action.

Tony Campolo

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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Most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - and I am an evangelical, so I can say most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - are quite willing to pack women off and send them as missionaries to dangerous places where they might get killed.
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President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?
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The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment.
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Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible?
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I've got some repenting to do. I doubt, however, that those who have wedded Christianity with laissez-faire capitalism will see things this way. I can just hear them saying, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
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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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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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Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.
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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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Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
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Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.
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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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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 contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.
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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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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 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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