Tony Campolo Quotes on Heaven: 6 Memorable Statements From Evangelical Leader

Dr. Tony Campolo, well-known minister, speaker, and social justice advocate, is vocal about spending time on Earth with heaven in sight.

Here are six of his thoughts on heaven and each individual's personal journey that will lead there:

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1. "When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?"

2. "I've got to push everything out of my mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for as long as fifteen minutes, until I find my soul suspended in what the ancient Celtic Christians called a 'thin place' — a state where the boundary between heaven and earth, divine and human, dissolves. You could say that I use the name of Jesus as my koan."

3. "Going to heaven is like going to Philadelphia … There are many ways … It doesn't make any difference how we go there. We all end up in the same place."

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4. "Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, 'If I should wake before I die ...' Life can get away from you."

5. "If there wasn't any heaven or any hell, I would still surrender to Jesus."

6. "Know that if you die in Christ, you will be more alive than ever before."

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