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Church Quotes by 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 abandon, therefore, its…
- Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push…
- Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.
- Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.
- My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be…
- The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found…
- The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred…
- The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.
- I would like the church to be a place where the questions of people are honored rather than a place where we have all the…
- The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.
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