I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
Tony CampoloI 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.
Tony CampoloIโve got to push everything out of mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for as long as fifteen minutes, until I find my soul suspended in what the ancient Celtic Christians called a โthin placeโโa state where the boundary between heaven and earth, divine and human, dissolves. You could say that I use the name of Jesus as my koan.
Tony Campolo