Books Quotes by John Shelby Spong
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John Shelby Spong approaches books with a thoughtful, sometimes playful lens. In eleven brief excerpts, he explores how reading shapes belief, challenges assumptions, and offers comfort. This concise collection serves as a gentle entry point for anyone curious about his literary perspective.
![“I don't make that decision [what next book will be] until I've read enough to know that I've got something different to say and I know how to say it.” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/711/john-shelby-spong-1488_book_i-don-t-make-that-decision-what-next-boo_2973946.jpg)
![“Another [book on Matthew] is Amy-Jill Levine, who is a Jewish woman who teaches New Testament at the Vanderbilt School of Religion. It's a group of essays by mostly womanly scholars looking at Matthew's gospel through feminists' eyes - very exciting. It opens up all sorts of things that I've never…” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f2/john-shelby-spong-1488_amy_another-book-on-matthew-is-amy-jill-levi_2427880.jpg)
![“I began to read [Bible] as a critic, an in-house critic. So I got to a place where when I got to the university, I just couldn't reconcile that book and some of its points of view with stuff I was learning in my academic career. And so then you have a choice: either you give up your academic…” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c08/john-shelby-spong-1488_academic_i-began-to-read-bible-as-a-critic-an-in_1438471.jpg)
![“I know Jerry [Falwell] fairly well, and he's probably not bright enough to recognize all of the implications of what he said.” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/654/john-shelby-spong-1488_enough_i-know-jerry-falwell-fairly-well-and-he_109485.jpg)
![“I find it fascinating that Paul [the apostol], writing to the Galatians, responds to the question, "What does it mean to live in Christ?" by saying, "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/48e/john-shelby-spong-1488_christ_i-find-it-fascinating-that-paul-the-apos_119928.jpg)