Tony Campolo Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“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?”

“It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.”

“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.”

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

“Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.”

“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.”

“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!”

“If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.”

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

“A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.”