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July 6, 2003
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Campolo continues to challenge status quo
Reminds youth that everyone is welcome at God's
table
By JODI H. BEYELER
Goshen College Sunday, July 6, 2003
He may be getting old, but the fiery Baptist evangelist Tony Campolo hasn’t lost his gift for being a prophetic – and at times controversial – voice in the church. In his Saturday night youth worship sermon, filled with his usual abundance of jokes, fast talking, dramatic expressions and a little front-row spit, Campolo reminded the young people that God’s table isn’t just open to the perfect and the righteous.
“If you come to Jesus, no matter what condition you are in, he will receive you, cleanse you and invade you,” he said. “If Christ is in you, you will become a new creation, and when this happens, you will want to change this world.” He told the young people that it is their job to change the conversation and the “direction of the wind” in the church. “We need the winds of justice, the winds of equality and the winds of fairness,” he said. “And we need justice for all, not just for the people who seem safe to you.”  |
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