Life Quotes by John Shelby Spong

“I prepare for death by living.”

— John Shelby Spong

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does…

— John Shelby Spong

I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is--open to life, open to love and open…

— John Shelby Spong

I go where I'm invited. And all I can tell you is if we accepted every invitation we had, I'd be away…

— John Shelby Spong

Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.

— John Shelby Spong

The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.

— John Shelby Spong

I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.

— John Shelby Spong

...death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.

— John Shelby Spong

Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.

— John Shelby Spong

“When a human life is open to all that humanity can be, humanity and divinity flow together as one. It was and…

— John Shelby Spong

I experience God as the power of life, the power of love and the ground of being. I don't say that's what…

— John Shelby Spong

The Bible tells me that every life is holy; the Bible tells me that every life is loved; the Bible tells me…

— John Shelby Spong

The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life…

— John Shelby Spong

In fact, in 1724 the Western world learned that women were co-creators of life that's when it was discovered that women had…

— John Shelby Spong

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they…

— John Shelby Spong

I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try…

— John Shelby Spong

I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God.…

— John Shelby Spong

The time has come for us to think of Christianity in a different way. Instead of thinking of God entering human life…

— John Shelby Spong

Praying and living deeply, richly and fully have become for me almost indistinguishab le. Prayer is being present, sharing love, opening life…

— John Shelby Spong

That's why the virgin birth never gets rid of the human mother. The story only gets rid of the human father. So…

— John Shelby Spong

So who is God? No one can finally say. That is not within human competence. All we can ever say is how…

— John Shelby Spong

My hope is that a religious consciousness will begin to rise, one based on enhancing humanity, grasping life in all of its…

— John Shelby Spong

I think Jesus is a fact of history. I think a man named Jesus of Nazareth lived and was crucified. I think…

— John Shelby Spong

If you're going to live in a community, you have to refrain from killing one another and stealing from one another. You…

— John Shelby Spong

I didn't choose to be white, I didn't choose to be male, I didn't choose to be heterosexual, I didn't choose to…

— John Shelby Spong

One of my great experiences in life was to be interviewed on a late-night talk show by a guy named Tom Snyder.…

— John Shelby Spong

I think I can tell you how I experience God. I experience God as the power of life calling me to live,…

— John Shelby Spong

The cross reveals that we're called to a deeper, fuller experience of what it means to be alive and open to new…

— John Shelby Spong

I believe that is what the God experience does for us. It calls us beyond our limits into the fullness of life…

— John Shelby Spong

The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.

— John Shelby Spong

The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must…

— John Shelby Spong

Toward the end of his life, [Arnold] Toynby said the Christianity he saw developing was brittle, imperialistic and incapable of reforming itself.

— John Shelby Spong

Jesus represents the possibilities of a new dimension of existence that transcends all the boundaries that restrict us from opening ourselves to…

— John Shelby Spong

Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions,…

— John Shelby Spong

The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to…

— John Shelby Spong

I don't see Jesus as rescuing the fallen; I see Jesus as expanding the potential of life. The primary reason the old…

— John Shelby Spong

I don't think hell exists. I happen to believe in life after death but I don't think it's got a thing to…

— John Shelby Spong

What we now need to see is that human life doesn't need to be rescued from a fall that didn't happen. Human…

— John Shelby Spong

Our problem is not that we're fallen; our problem is we haven't become human yet. The question is, what can make us…

— John Shelby Spong

I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my…

— John Shelby Spong