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# Mark Tooley

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Mark Tooley is an American Methodist layman and writer. He is a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, who became president of the Washington-D.C.–based Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD), in 2009, an ecumenical religious think tank that makes Christian arguments for democracy, human

##  Quotes by Mark Tooley

> [Christ at the Checkpoint is primarily a public relations scheme to dissuade American evangelicals from pro-Israel views.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tooley/christ-at-the-checkpoint-is-primarily-a-public-relations-scheme-to/)

[Mark Tooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tooley/)

[Checkpoints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/checkpoints/)

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> [Institutional United Methodism in America has given up on cities and given up on young people, so no surprise we are declining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tooley/institutional-united-methodism-in-america-has-given-up-on-cities-and/)

[Mark Tooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tooley/)

[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [It's improper to use the egg roll for political purposes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tooley/it-s-improper-to-use-the-egg-roll-for-political-purposes/)

[Mark Tooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tooley/)

[Egg rolls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/egg-rolls-53458/)

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> [Wild Goose exemplifies how the Evangelical Left translates 'social justice' into Big Government and pacifism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-tooley/wild-goose-exemplifies-how-the-evangelical-left-translates-social/)

[Mark Tooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-tooley/)

[Big government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-government/)

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