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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. "
Tony Campolo
America
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God
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" The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment. "
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" 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 political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. "
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" It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. "
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" I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life. "
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" Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. "
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" I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family. "
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" 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. "
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" What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. "
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" In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer. "
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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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" I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. "
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" I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible. "
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" 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. "
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" The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve. "
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