Everyone should be arrested at least once for the gospel

http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=40843

Interview: Tony Campolo author and speaker - some of the highlights!


Everyone should be arrested at least once for the gospel. The last time I was arrested was during the Clinton era, when I, in fact, was one of his personal counsellors. A group of us clergy were protesting about the new Welfare Bill, which we felt did not provide enough help for those who had been stuck on the dole for generations and wanted to work. We went to the Dome on Capitol Hill, where protesting is not allowed. Our arrests got a lot of network coverage.

Red Letter Christians comes from the King James version of the Bible where the words of Jesus are in red. We are radically committed to the teachings of Jesus. There are some 2000 verses of scripture about the poor and needy. We don't find many on homosexuality; yet for many this has become the defining issue. That's why I founded the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, which works through Christian people in inner-city America and around the world

In the Bible, I always go back to the Sermon on the Mount, because of its radical values. But I have real problems with passages in the Old Testament detailing the complete obliteration of peoples.