March 10, 2008 on his PBS show Tavis Smiley asks Tony Campolo, “what is a ‘Red Letter Christian?'” Campolo replies:

Well, he or she is somebody whose beliefs are very traditional in a sense. It’s a person that believes in the Apostles’ Creed, who believes salvation comes from Jesus, who believes that the bible was inspired by God, but whose politics are not aligned with the religious right. (Online source)

Hmm, doesn’t sound quite right. Let me see…

“Well, he or she is somebody whose beliefs are very ‘traditional’ in an ecumenical sense where most any belief that considers itself Christian is accepted as simply another ‘tradition’. It’s a person that relishes the brevity and non-specitivity of the Apostles’ Creed, who believes that the bible becomes inspired by God as a given passage ‘speaks’ to them, but whose politics are not aligned with anyone we broad-brush as being part of some nebulous religious right.”

There, fixed it.

See also:

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TONY CAMPOLO: COUNTER-REFORMATION SAINTS LIKE IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA IMPORTANT SOURCES OF HELP 

TONY CAMPOLO WITH “MYSTICAL ENCOUNTERS FOR CHRISTIANS”

TONY CAMPOLO: “CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM” TRUMPS THE BIBLE

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM (CSM) OF SPIRITUAL FORMATION IS RECKLESS FAITH