Tony Campolo – Quotes Crazy

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

So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But Ive got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are. – Tony Campolo

Whos to say that there is any more support for Freuds psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations? – Tony Campolo

And weve got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money – I hate to bring this up – are pushing hot buttons. – Tony Campolo

But I contend that if were providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldnt we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States? – Tony Campolo

I dont know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us dont want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and were not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. – Tony Campolo

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. Thats a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. – Tony Campolo

But I think its up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldnt be up to the government. – Tony Campolo

Clintons successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives. – Tony Campolo

It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable – it wont be just like the past. – 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, for one, am quite willing to join the forgive, forget and move on crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family. – Tony Campolo

Its a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. – Tony Campolo

Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostles Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith. – Tony Campolo

While a case can be made for intelligent design, I cant figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesnt prove theres a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature. – Tony Campolo

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored. – Tony Campolo

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. – Tony Campolo

So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of our time, which were social, to moral issues of our time that were very personal. I have continued that relationship up until the present. – Tony Campolo

There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive. – Tony Campolo

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state. – Tony Campolo