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Summary: Put this one back into the oven
Review: Campolo may be a very popular speaker, especially to the youth. He's funny and very entertaining. Probably there is no more personable a speaker than he. However, entertaining does not equal orthodox. And Campolo holds such a leftist presupposition...why, I suppose you could get fed the same diet at any secular college. From his outlook on homosexuality ("biological factors are the cause," he says) to his almost pantheistic enviromental outlook, I am not convinced that Campolo should be considered evangelical. I appreciate his efforts to deal with some hard-to-tackle topics--and several issues, he actually makes some thoughtful points, including his thoughts on the question on remarriage--but overall this book focuses more on personal opinion rather than proper biblical exegesis. Since Campolo has his left-leaning bias, there is little chance to feast at the table of open dialogue. Perhaps, as he mentions at least once, his views come from his apparently bad experience with "fundamentalist teachers in Bible college." This still does not necessitate a radical swing to the left. Thus, my conclusion is that you are better off leaving this book in its packing box at the shipping plant.
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Summary: Silly book
Review: I have enjoyed the work of both liberal and conservative Christians. This, however, is just a silly book of an undoubtedly nice man's opinions.If you're going to buy one of his books, it shouldn't be this one. It doesn't even deserve one star.
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Summary: At last.....a rational Christian look at todays issues
Review: Our adult Sunday School class used this book to provide 20 topics for discussion about Christian values and responses to issues. Tony treats each issue with real life examples that help the class members relate with the issue and make the discussion interesting, enlightening and meaningful. As class facilitator, I did not need a guide for leading the class. Often I would start the class by reading a key sentence in the chapter we were discussing and asking "Why do you believe Tony said that?" Our class has been a great learning experience.
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Summary: 20 Hot Potatoes Used by Adult Sunday School Class
Review: Our adult Sunday School class used this book to provide 20 topics for discussion about Christian values and responses to issues. Tony treats each issue with real life examples that help the class members relate with the issue and make the discussion interesting, enlightening and meaningful. As class facilitator, I did not need a guide for leading the class. Often I would start the class by reading a key sentence in the chapter we were discussing and asking "Why do you believe Tony said that?" Our class has been a great learning experience.
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Summary: heresy, liberalism, socialism, pantheism
Review: This book attempts to call the reader to a compassion that Campolo feels is lacking in the 20th centurty church. What it does is call Christians to a liberal legalism. While there are a few issues he gets right, the vast majority he does not. For example he advocates for "celebate homosexuals" to live together in a sort of plutonic harmony. Campolo doesn't seem to feel this would give occasion to sin (he does comdemn the homosexual lifestyle -- yet not as much as say, a Christian owning a BMW). Or if he does he simply ignores the issue altogether.
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Summary: Wolf in sheep's clothing
Review: Those who follow him will be led to endless torment in hell along with him.
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Summary: Amazing Book (that is,unless your a blinded fundamentalist!)
Review: Tony Campolo is an amazing man of God who truly has a relevant message for today's church. Only those who believe that Republicanism and Christianity are indistinguishable would have a difficult time accepting Tony's suggestions in this book. Though I disagree with some of his ideas, I admire his courage in presenting some excellent concepts that the Church needs to face.
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Summary: I agree with Tony Campolo 110 Percent!
Review: Tony Campolo is right on the money. People who criticize him do not want to hear that their sins are just as repulsive to God as homosexuality. Dr. Campolo talks about other subjects such as women ministers,public schools, should Christians kill, and is it OK to be rich? As far as homosexuality and AIDS. Dr. Campolo states that homosexualility is no worse than any other sin, especially the sin of adultery. To say AIDS is a special punishment from God for homosexuality disgraces the character of God. As Tony Campolo says if God uses illness to punish sin then we will ALL be in the hospital. Dr. Campolo urges Christians to reach out to the homosexual community and the people with AIDS with love. Another topic was women ministers. He felt it was hypocritical to allow women to be ministers over seas but deny them the right to be ordained ministers in this country. Dr. Campolo states that there are many women with very strong ministries. DR. Campolo states that the passasge in scripture in which Paul says women should be quite in church was a reference to women who would use the church to speak out against their husbands. Also, Greco-Roman society was highly male dominate, therefore having women ministers may prevent people from joining the church. This is not the situation today. Another controversial issue is pulling the plug on terminally ill patients. Dr.Compolo staes that it wrong to keep the body alive my artificial means. One such case are people that are declared brain dead. When the brain stops functioning the body stops functioning.These people are only kept alive by machines. Another case are people who are only kept alive by machines that are fully conscious. Dr. Campolo tells of a wife of a friend who had a disease that made some of her vital organs inoperative. She was in extreme pain and the pain medicine was not working. Without modern medicine she would have died anyway. He is not saying modern medicine is bad, but if these machines are the only thing that is keeping people alive,who are in extreme pain, at a great expense then these machines should be turned off and let nature take its course. He does not condone mercy killing or euthanasia. Dr. campolo is saying that when the body ceases to function naturally and the body is kept alive artificially then the patient and the patient's family has the right to turn of the machines. I agree with Tony Campolo. Conservative Christians do not like to hear that they are equal sinners to homosexuals. Their sin is also mentioned in the Bible and is equally offensive to God. Tony Campolo is asking people to reach out to others with love and without judgement.
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Summary: At last.....a rational Christian look at todays issues
Review: Tony Campolo wrote this book in 1988 and yet it is as relevent and needed today as 10 years ago. The Christian right has for to long dominated all discussions on todays issues.....Tony shows that compassionate....yes even liberal Christians also can appeal to the bible and reason in seeking some answers. Be it AIDS or wealth, woman pastors or gays, Tony is straight up in his writing....he may not answer all the questions....indeed he raises a few of his own, but this book will force you to think about these things.
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Summary: Excellent Treatment of modern issues!
Review: Tony takes a reasoned look at today's main problems that Christians are afraid to tackle. To put it plainly Tony is an evangelical that follows the bible, not just conservative or liberal political trends. He is often bashed b/c although he believes homosexuality is wrong he sees no reason in making it some kind of super-sin over any other. He also believes in saving the environment b/c it belongs to God, not us. Many won't like Tony's views b/c he challenges people, not to liberalism, but to biblicism. Tony is not a heretic. In fact his views would probably be in line with most of the early Church writers (from what I have read by them).
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