American - Clergyman | February 25, 1935 -
While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesn't prove there's a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature.
Tony Campolo
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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
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Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.
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Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.
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In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.
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As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.
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Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.
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I've got some repenting to do.
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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.'
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Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's 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.
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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.
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