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Here is an interesting post on the Evangelical Outpost. The first part starts out like this:
"According to a profile in Christianity Today entitled "The Positive Prophet" the liberal evangelical Tony Campolo would often begin a speech by saying:
'I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a sh*t. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said sh*t than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.'"
Whoa.
The conclusion of the post has the blogger saying we shouldn't use our freedom to justify questionable behavior, etc., etc. Kind of the typical nervousness that faces the pure gospel. Interesting reading nonetheless.
posted by David Browder at 11/30/2005 11:24:00 AM
3 Comments:
That's a great article David. Thanks for sharing. I especially like: "Still, the bulk of Campolo's criticisms are directed not at government policy but at Christians. Recently he criticized teens for replacing their W.W.J.D. pins with American flag pins, and likewise told some church leaders, 'I contend that we have reached a stage of idolatry when, in any given church in America, you're going to run into more trouble if you remove the American flag than if you remove the cross.'"
Too true!
Totally agree, Talitha. One of the most offensive items I have seen is a cross with the American flag emblazoned on it.
Not a big Campolo fan, but what a tasty little morsel of Law v. Grace, after some reflection ...
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