In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living. – Tony Campolo
Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God. – Tony Campolo
I’m a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it’s not the kind of country that God wants it to be. – Tony Campolo
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we’re dead last in per capita giving to poor people. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media. – Tony Campolo
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? – Tony Campolo
President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case – and most Americans would agree with him on this – then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people? – Tony Campolo
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? – Tony Campolo
Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House. – Tony Campolo
Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let’s leave judgment in the hands of God. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren’t some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people. – Tony Campolo
It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable – it won’t be just like the past. – Tony Campolo