Tony Campolo Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.”

“When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

“The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.”

“I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life.”

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