Tony Campolo Quotes

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• There is a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to both men and women in the New Testament. This is what makes the…
• There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding…
• What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a…
• What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are…
• When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to…
• When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over…
• While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all,…
• 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…
• 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…
• The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal…
• 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…
• Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.
• When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be…
• As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
• When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
• Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the…
• Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it…
• I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.
• I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
• I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.

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