Quotes from Tony Campolo

Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way for our eventual decisions to commit our lives to Christ.

Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.

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

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

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.

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?

Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids.

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.

If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.

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