Tony Campolo Quotes

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.

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 to confess this and change our ways.

That a new humanity will be brought forth from this Christ consciousness in each person.

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!

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

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.

If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.

There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money, there's something wrong with keeping it.

Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored.

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.

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.

Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program.

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

I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.

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

Like most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken eons of time.

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?

I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

Anyone who resists the notion of women preachers is functioning as a tool of the devil.

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

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

One of the problems with evangelicalism is that it has allowed itself to be married to the Republican party... Jesus is not a Republican. Nor is he a Democrat.

If fulfillment is gained through giving ourselves through intimate relationships, then allowing ourselves to be consumed with the cares of things, instead of the care of persons, is foolish.

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

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.

The kingdom of God is a glorious and gigantic party!

As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.

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.

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

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

We must not be so concerned with the unborn that we fail to pay attention to the born.

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.

The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment.

Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days.

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'

Christianity isn't the only group that has fundamentalists.

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

What I am trying to say is that Jesus who incarnated God 2,000 years ago is mystically present and waiting to be discovered in EVERY person you and I encounter

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

I do not mean that others represent Jesus for us. I mean that Jesus actually is present in each other person