Tony Campolo Quotes
Top 64 wise famous quotes and sayings by Tony Campolo
Tony Campolo Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
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.
An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.
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.
Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.
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 problem.
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
I do not mean that others represent Jesus for us. I mean that Jesus actually is present in each other person
Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.
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!
It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.
My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.
Artists are the best theologians. They feel things that are true before theologians can jargonize them into obscurity.
In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!
Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.
From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.
Through the ages, God has used the church to keep alive and pass down the story of what Christ has done for us.
If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic.
I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.
The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve.
I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
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.
To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.
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?
In our post-Freudian world, it is no longer a goal to become people of character who live out a God-ordained ideal of selfhood.
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.
I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.
I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.
Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.
Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'
Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.