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 Copy Share Image
The thing that intrigues me about Matthew is that I don't believe anybody would read it if they aren't Jewish and understand… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the best way to view the Gospels is to view them as a magnificent portrait being painted by Jewish artists… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The great danger... in believing yourself especially chosen is that it becomes easy to view those who are not your people as… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Jesus becomes the captive of the hysterically religious, the chronically fearful, the insecure and even the neurotic among us, or he becomes… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
[Jew] didn't believe anything good could come out of a Jewish study. So, what has happened is anti-Semitism has cost the Jews… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I could not believe that anyone who has read this book would be so foolish as to proclaim that the Bible in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1988, I worshipped God in a Buddhist temple. As the smell of incense filled the air, I knelt… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I go to a church here in New Jersey that is just a very exciting place, and I just love to be… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I do not believe that Jesus, at the end of his earthly sojourn, returned to God by ascending in any literal sense… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
“When a human life is open to all that humanity can be, humanity and divinity flow together as one. It was and is a… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
I don't see Jesus as rescuing the fallen; I see Jesus as expanding the potential of life. The primary reason the old idea of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me. There are… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
The Bible was written between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago, and it's filled with the knowledge that people had in that period of time,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
I know Jerry [Falwell] fairly well, and he's probably not bright enough to recognize all of the implications of what he said. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
Benedict XVI kept saying that homosexuals are deviant. They're not deviant. They're deviant only if you say that anyone who is different from me… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
I find it fascinating that Paul [the apostol], writing to the Galatians, responds to the question, "What does it mean to live in Christ?"… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
![“[Jew] didn't believe anything good could come out of a Jewish study. So, what has happened is anti-Semitism has cost the Jews their lives and their property. It's also cost the Christians the ability to read the old gospels, which are deeply, deeply Jewish, and to bring that out is a pretty…” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/john-shelby-spong-1488_ability_jew-didn-t-believe-anything-good-could-c_1896190.png)
