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" And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons. "
Tony Campolo
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" Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith. "
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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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" While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does. "
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" When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. "
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" 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. "
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" From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. "
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Social
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Three
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" In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. "
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America
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Only
Jesus
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