Time Quotes by John Shelby Spong

15 Time quotes by John Shelby Spong

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John Shelby Spong offers 15 concise statements that examine time through a spiritual lens, questioning tradition while offering fresh angles. The tone is thoughtful yet accessible, making each line a modest invitation to contemplate eternity.

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When I look back at the Christian faith, I see that we have had to retranslate, almost reinvent ourselves a number of…

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I still hope. I wouldn't be in this position if I didn't. I love the church. I love the Bible. But I…

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Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past.

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I would like the church to be a place where the questions of people are honored rather than a place where we…

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The God content of the past no longer sustains the contemporary spirit. We sense that our only hope is to journey past…

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There never was a time when we were created perfect and fell into sin and needed to be rescued. We are evolving…

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

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I think human beings are almost, by definition, religious people,in the sense that we ask questions of meaning, we anticipate future events,…

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If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who…

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I treasure the Bible. I live in it and work on it all the time. But it is not the word of…

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In the first gospel, Mark, the risen Christ appears physically to no one, but by the time we come to the last…

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Theism, as a way of conceiving God, has become demonstrably inadequate, and the God of theism not only is dying but is…

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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…

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Now, the fourth gospel says that the moment that Jesus is glorified is the moment he's put to death on the cross,…

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You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing…

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

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The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.

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

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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…

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

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

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I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.

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We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me. There are…

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