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" When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying? "

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" Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way for our eventual decisions to commit our lives to Christ. "

Tony Campolo

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" Insofar as the church fails to do the will of God, I am called upon to help it discover and to do the will of God; and I am called upon to help the government to do the same. "

Tony Campolo

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" If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? "

" 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. "

" There are reasons why Religious Right Evangelicals will continue to dominate religious discourse, not only in their own sector of the Christian community, but also in what transpires in mainline denominations. "

" Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. "

" I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages. "

" 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 committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party. "

" The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again. "

" We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do. "

" I've got some repenting to do. "

Tony Campolo

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" Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. "

" 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? "

" Who's to say that there is any more support for Freud's psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations? "

" An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God. "

" Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith. "

" 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. "

" In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer. "

" A Christian school should be a place where young men and young women go through a period of spiritual formation and development so that they come out incredibly more proficient at living out their calling than they would have been had they not gone to school. "

" So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are. "

" I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice. "

" 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 was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior. "

" Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. "

Tony Campolo

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" To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators. "

" In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing! "

" Protestants so often confuse being Republican with being Christian. "

" In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. "

" After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. "

" 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! "