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

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  Christian, Party, Past

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

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  Careers, Critics, Speakers

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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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  Punishment, Impossible, Sermons

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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, Support, Church

  Tony Campolo (2008). “Letters To A Young Evangelical”, p.67, Basic Books

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• I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

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  Real, Party, Thinking

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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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  Government, Decision, Important

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.187, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

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  Party, Blessing, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Christian, Spiritual, School

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

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  Suggestions, Ignored, Can Do

  "The Growing Impossibility of Interfaith Dialogue" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2011.

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

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  Thinking, Justice, United States

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• 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!

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  Evil, Doubt, Tragedy

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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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  Creating, Church, Causes

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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?

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  Government, Church, Sacred

  Tony Campolo (2010). “Red Letter Christians (Large Print 16pt)”, p.97, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual traditions but have much in common with each other.

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  Spiritual, Odds, Islam

  Tony Campolo (2005). “Speaking My Mind: The Radical Evangelical Prophet Tackles the Tough Issues Christians Are Afraid to Face”, p.120, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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.

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  Blessed, Thinking, Government

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• 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.

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  Christian, Religious, Community

  "Why the Religious Right Will Dominate" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Abortion, Wade

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• The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.

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  Party, Scripture, Reason Why

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• There is a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to both men and women in the New Testament. This is what makes the New Testament a New Testament rather than the Old Testament, in which women did not have such privileges.

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  Men, Privilege, Spirit

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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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  Mean, Hands, Political

  "The Growing Impossibility of Interfaith Dialogue" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2011.

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• When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right.

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  Christian, Country, United States

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• When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.

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  Biblical, Community, African American

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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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  Government, Doe, Wasted Time

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.187, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?

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  Children, Men, Iraq

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• Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.

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  Scripture, Doe, Hebrew

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