Tony Campolo
Tony Campolo
Anthony "Tony" Campolois an American sociologist, pastor, author, public speaker and former spiritual advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Campolo is known as one of the most influential leaders in the Evangelical left and has been a major proponent of progressive thought and reform within the evangelical community. He has also become a leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement, which aims to put emphasis on the teachings of Jesus. Campolo is a popular commentator on religious, political, and social issues,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
We must not be so concerned with the unborn that we fail to pay attention to the born.
There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money, there's something wrong with keeping it.
I have serious problems with fundamentalist Christians and their creationist theories. Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days. My skepticism is due, in part, to the fact that the Bible says that the sun wasn’t created until the fourth day of creation (Genesis 1:16-19). I have a hard time figuring how twenty-four hour days could have been measured before that.
Artists are the best theologians. They feel things that are true before theologians can jargonize them into obscurity.
Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible?
If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.
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.
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?
I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. If I had that gift, that'd be the first thing I'd fix.
I don't know what to make of the Muslim mystics, especially those who have come to be known as the Sufis. What do they experience in their mystic experiences? Could they have encountered the same God we do in our Christian mysticism?
The kingdom of God is a glorious and gigantic party!
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.
Today, some of the most spiritual people I know claim to be without religion.
Christianity isn't the only group that has fundamentalists.