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
Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.
Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
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.
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.
As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
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.
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 contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.
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!
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
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.