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- EatingPie, on 02/11/2008, -4/+177I heard Campolo tell this story at a banquet for a Christian Environmental organization (Floresta -- shameless plug, sorry).
He wasn't being trendy. He wasn't being liberal. He was being a CHRIST-LIKE. Heck, Christ himself got hassled by the "religious" people for doing very similar things in his own life. To me Campolo reflected God's love for these women... and oh how desperately they needed it.
Christ named prostitutes (and tax collectors!) specifically as people in need of love. And boy doesn't this story show it's still true! Kudos to Campolo because it's not something I could never have done -- too much temptation to take advantage sexually. Campolo is a better man than me.
-Pie - AJanitor, on 02/11/2008, -1/+145This guy, Tony Campolo is one of my heroes.
He also got up to speak on day and said. "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 *****. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said ***** than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night." - moletimer, on 02/11/2008, -10/+153This is what church work should be about. Making people happy; helping people; cheering up people less fortunate than ourselves.
- t.toe, on 02/11/2008, -1/+87Finally, a story submitted to digg about someone who's actually living up to the term "Christian" which means "Christ-follower".
- menstrualpoetry, on 02/11/2008, -40/+112Christians lost their focus a loooooooooooong time ago.
- Hetman, on 02/11/2008, -1/+68This is exactly what christians should be doing. Jesus sat and ate with sinners gentiles and prostitutes aka "Mary" Jesus understood that you cannot force religion onto people you can only show them the love of god. I am personally not a christian but if more christians acted this way it would be a more pleasent world for everyone.
- jonnyfive, on 02/11/2008, -2/+68A lot have, but there are some that have not. As exampled in this story.
- Alcorr, on 02/11/2008, -2/+52Thats almost the very definition of Christ like. Amen!
- sonnybobiche, on 02/11/2008, -9/+55... and worshipping God. I'm pretty sure that's up there too.
- earliodookie, on 02/11/2008, -2/+48FINALLY. dugg for not being a typical religion-bash.
- davidrools, on 02/11/2008, -1/+43You do that through the love you show to other people, doing things like moletimer mentioned.
- junshien, on 02/11/2008, -0/+34So... do I bury this post for being inaccurate because of that last line about Christians losing their focus? Or do I digg this up because this is EXACTLY what Jesus would have done--call sinners to Himself?
- mateo60, on 02/11/2008, -0/+32Serving others is a form of worshiping god. More important than singing songs and wearing Jesus shirts.
- TruFan, on 02/11/2008, -1/+30Maybe.
But it's so nice to hear about those Christians who are finding that focus again. - pigglesnout, on 02/11/2008, -3/+31I have heard Tony talk on a number of occasions and I must say, even if you're an atheist you'll learn something. He's an amazing person and preacher.
- jmgoody311, on 02/11/2008, -0/+26We need more religious organizations that act like Jesus would have.
Heck, we need more people that act like Jesus would have. And I'm saying that as an agnostic who has never been to Church in my life. - atdigg, on 02/11/2008, -8/+32This sounds like a pretty cool church.
- drizzlelicious, on 02/11/2008, -0/+24Christianity boils down to two things:
1. Love God
2. Love people
One of the reasons Jesus would become pissed off was due to people that justified themselves through religious zeal (namely pharisees), blinding them from what God truly wants.
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
- Luke 10:25-28 - cawpin, on 02/11/2008, -0/+18You need to learn to read, then.
- Japhthor, on 02/11/2008, -0/+18The complete summary of God's Laws: "Love Yahweh your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your strength." and "Love your neighbour as yourself." This story has Mr Campolo doing the latter because he does the former. Win.
- davidrools, on 02/11/2008, -1/+16(the christian equivalent of "Pics or it didn't happen")
- Scrappy1850, on 02/11/2008, -0/+15no, it sounds like a cool pastor.
- nmcvicke, on 02/11/2008, -0/+14That an amazing quote, thanks so much for that!
- Aadain, on 02/11/2008, -0/+14Amen! Every time I hear about another Christian leader owning a mega-mansion or making a six figure income, or see churches with gold in-laid statues and other expensive additions, I can't help be think Jesus would have been furious with the perversion of His message. Christ was all about focusing on loving your fellow man and doing good on this earth, not the glorification of the self or organizations. He lived like an acetic and brought the love of God to those who needed it most. Yet His "followers" today have more in common with the Gentiles of Jesus's time than with Jesus himself. So good for this priest for actually following the teachings of Jesus instead of just using His name as a way to glorify himself and pad his bank account.
- babcat, on 02/11/2008, -1/+15I'm a Christian and I'm not misrable at all. By the way, reaching out to people who are sinning by showing them love WHILE telling them the gospel of Christ is not at all boring.
- markperia, on 02/11/2008, -1/+14well at least he knows how a HUMAN should act.
- OwdenBowden, on 02/11/2008, -0/+12Can I get a Witness?
- thefandango, on 02/11/2008, -1/+13"Did you just heal that man's blindness?"
"no, but i did stay in a holiday inn express last night" - Icouldbe, on 02/11/2008, -0/+12I don't care who threw the party, because that was such an awesome show of kindness. The two cities I'm from I've seen a lot of prostitutes (not intimately), but you can tell there's a lot of pain and lack of love in their lives. Agnes, and all those women deserve to have people who'll throw them parties. None of them are worthless.
- DuxDucis, on 02/11/2008, -0/+12I just have to pull you up on one thing - Mary was no prostitute. Even the Catholic church (which started the rumour) recently cleared her of this title.
- nmcvicke, on 02/11/2008, -4/+16Please don't group Fundamentalist Christians, and Progressive Christians together. Not all Christians are the same, lame duck, lemmings.
- sponeil, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11As a Quaker, I'd say that any Christian who supports the so-called "religious right" has lost his focus. As Gandhi once said (about the Western world), "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." If you are not striving to be like Christ well enough for an outsider to recognize it, you are not following his teachings.
- i208khonsu, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11I think we call that a cult here in the states.
- rDr4g0n, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11I recall Jesus hanging out with prostitues more than once in the Bible ... the point of being a Christian is to be Christ-like.
- drizzlelicious, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11Only the Christians that make the headlines.
- AYork, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11It's not doing that, it's staying there.
It's been a problem for a long time, Paul chastised people about it in his letters. He called it spiritual pablum, baby food. It's one thing for a baby to eat baby food; babies are supposed to. But if an adult eats baby food, he'll die of malnutrition. Same thing with Christianity. There's a time, early on, when it's important to be taught; spoon fed pablum (God loves all of mankind, and want to help us! You are the body of Christ!). Once you've got enough experience under your belt, you wean yourself from it and sink your teeth into the more serious stuff (Can you put 2 & 2 together?). Once you get that experience under your belt, you can look back and realize that what you've been given was a watered down, oversimplified version of Christianity.
The only problem is that a lot of people (even many preachers) think that watered down version is what Christianity really is. Just listening to the preacher man is not "loving the lord with all your mind." - babcat, on 02/11/2008, -2/+13No, people outside of Christianity can do good. But the only way you will make it to heaven is accepting Jesus Christ as your savior. Doing good means nothing when it comes to where you will spend eternity. Of course you should do "good" things, but even someone that donated a billion dollars to charity could not buy his way into heaven. Christians are not even "good." We are just saved.
- TheCheeta, on 02/11/2008, -1/+11That is what most non-Christians think a Christ-centered life is all about, but that is so far from the truth. To truly live a Christ-centered life is no walk in the park... often it is quite difficult. The whole point behind the Christian faith is to say, "I trust in Jesus, I firmly believe that He has risen from the dead to atone for my sins," and to live in recognition in that truth. It is not enough to just say you believe... you have to LIVE like you believe. By the same token, you cannot just DO things that "prove" your faith... you have to have the whole package.
Jesus clearly stated in Matthew that those who are not changed by their faith will not pass the gates of heaven (Mathew 7:15-23)
Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So then, you will know them by their fruits.
Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' - linkerjpatrick, on 02/11/2008, -0/+10I'm a Christian and I belong to a very conservative denomination and quite bit of my theology doesn't always match up with Tony's BUT I wish more and more Christians had the passion Tony has for living the gospel of Christ. I love to listen to his messages and he is one of the reasons I will never emphasis a denomination over my faith or a political party over my personal convictions. Nice to see this on Digg.
- jkims, on 02/11/2008, -0/+10Thanks for the story. I am a conservative Christian, and belong to a church I would consider fairly conservative. I would praise this kind of act of kindness as perfectly Christian-like, and, while I am hesitant to speak for others, I would guess most of my church congregation would feel the same way. It pains me to see when Christians are painted with single generalized stroke of hypocrisy when for most it's just about doing one's best to lead a Christ-like living. I view Tony's act as just one examples of millions of Christ-like living that happens all around us everyday.
- bonjovisucks, on 02/11/2008, -1/+10did you even read the article?
- pennvneff, on 02/11/2008, -3/+12The right wing Christian movement has distorted Jesus' message and turned it into a neo-con device.
- kingmanic, on 02/11/2008, -3/+12If Christ were alive today he'd be on the steps of congress condemning the hypocrisy of this nation. Politicians using faith to win votes. Political parties that claim to believe in his value then prove themselves hypocrites by passing laws that don't help the poor, the meek, or the disadvantaged. Where the high and mighty espouse the letter of Christian law but not the spirit. He'd problably be the most disgusted with fundamentalists who resemble the pharasies and Sadducees. Who proclaim to know whats it's about but get bogged down in dogma and minutia. He'd also be a hippie.
- infecticide, on 02/11/2008, -1/+10I was recently a part of a missionary group who went to New Orleans to help rebuild and work with inner city kids programs. It was a highlight in my life and I encourage everyone to give themselves to a cause at least once in their lives. The rewarding feeling you get is indescribable.
- DiggzDE, on 02/11/2008, -3/+11I must say, growing up in a very "hip" non-denominational church, I have become weary of even the most liberal of churches. Seeing people pretend to be open to others, only to have the new "sinners" snubbed for being "ungodly" in the eye's of the lord, simply because their version of morals for living was not the same as the majority, has really put me off from the entire concept of organized religion. Those who pretend to be doing their god's work, only if the listeners conform fully to their expectations, disgust me and I try to keep as far away as possible from them.
For me, the general moral lessons taught in the Bible are far more important then anything taught in church, as even the most excellent preacher tends to put his personal perspectives and beliefs into the most direct sounding sermon. I can't stand that. The Bible was not created as a rule book, and should not be enforced so. It is up to personal interpretation by whomever decides to read it. Accept it, critique it, or reject it. It is your choice. While I would no longer consider myself to even be a practicing Christian, I find myself going about my daily life under a set of principles that I personally find to be morally right. Many of which have come, in some part, from things I once read in the Bible as I was growing up. While I have my personal beliefs on life, not much of which include a "God", I don't try to push them fully onto others because I feel doing so is wrong.
It is refreshing to actually see someone who is open to helping others regardless of their beliefs or profession. Shunning someone simply because they don't have the exact same worldly views and beliefs is you is ridiculous and I actually applaud this pastor's openness to helping others, without direct conclusion to spreading the "word of god". Being a evangelical Christian should not mean you go out and preach God's word to the sinners of the masses; telling them of their mistakes and how they will end up in hell for not following the Bible. Rather, you should lead by action and others will follow simply because they see how well you live your life and not simply because you say YOUR God is so great. - Scrappy1850, on 02/11/2008, -3/+11wow, if you didn't sign that at the bottom, i would have SWORN those word were typed by Rory Calhoun himself.
- mikerand, on 02/11/2008, -0/+8I'm not so sure Christ would be protesting the U.S. government. He didn't seem at all concerned with the Roman government at the time. He would be speaking out against hypocrisy and people using religion for their own gain. His mission was more about changing people than about changing governments. You get enough changed people and you can change the world.
- serinity, on 02/11/2008, -0/+8That's what it's all about. Taking the true message of Christ - peace, hope, happiness, joy to the world. It's the sick who need a physician, not the well.
- davidrools, on 02/11/2008, -0/+8Slow down, dildoolielly. This guy loves gays as much as he does prostitutes...just as Jesus does. If it were a group of gay men or women that came into the diner that night, I'm sure he would have done the same thing.
Yes, a lot of Christians have strayed from Jesus' teaching and are terribly hypocritical, but some really do strive to live in a manner that is consistent with their belief.
I see from your comment history that you've got some big gripes with the Christian church and I totally understand where you're coming from. There's a lot of disgusting behavior coming from that side of things. But not all churches are the same, just as all people aren't the same. And, in America, Christians as a whole have been giving Jesus a very bad name.
So lumping all Christians together as people who are hypocritical and immoral would be as incorrect as someone lumping all homosexuals as people who are promiscuous, sex-addicted rebels.
Personally, I'm for gay rights and gay marriage since I think that's the most loving thing to do, and I don't think enforcing morality through legislation is a good idea at all. - elitistmusician, on 02/11/2008, -1/+9Sign me up.
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