Tony Campolo

This crazy sociologist just won't leave me alone. I just keep going back for more and more of his podcasts. Looks harmless enough right? Ha... yeah right. He has the nerve to actually ask us to do Jesus taught. Well, I'm hooked. And that's the Gospel truth. I'll add more later...

Mission Year Podcast 2: Tony Campolo - Getting Beyond the Kingdom of Ticky-Tack

This was a very important sermon for me to hear at just the right time in my life. The funniest thing about Tony is that he at first comes across as a classic Baptist preacher... but listen a bit longer and I guarantee you'll like what he has to say... though it is hard teaching.

My favorite quotes:
"I'm not hear to tell you about what Jesus can do for you. I'm here to tell you about how Jesus can make you to be the kind of person that really loves people."
"There is nothing more boring than this guy with his Porsche who is like 'I've got a jacuzzi.' Big deal..."
"You say, 'What? Do you want to turn us all into Mother Theresa?' Yeah. That's what I would like"
"I want you to go back to your home churches and have people say, 'We don't understand these kids anymore. They're weird.'"
"I know what you're saying. You're saying, 'Campolo, you're making Christianity too hard. I mean goodness, I was ok with this belief stuff but you're asking me to change the whole way in which I live.' Of course I do! That's what Christianity is all about. Changing the whole way you live."
"Oh, the world is so full of dead people..."

More to come...