Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons. – Tony Campolo
Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding. – Tony Campolo
The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion. – Tony Campolo
From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. – Tony Campolo
The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don’t deserve. – Tony Campolo
Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. – Tony Campolo
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. – Tony Campolo
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
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! – Tony Campolo
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. – Tony Campolo
I don’t know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don’t want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we’re not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. – Tony Campolo
The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the ‘Family Values’ issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media. – Tony Campolo
I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing! – Tony Campolo
Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion. – Tony Campolo
My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work. – Tony Campolo
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? – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
I contend that it’s impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to ‘family values.’ – Tony Campolo
I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored. – Tony Campolo
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. – Tony Campolo
Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed. – Tony Campolo