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Jesus Quotes by John Shelby Spong
- If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is doomed. For that…
- "I do not believe that Jesus, at the end of his earthly sojourn, returned to God by ascending in any literal sense into a heaven…
- Jesus becomes the captive of the hysterically religious, the chronically fearful, the insecure and even the neurotic among us, or he becomes little more than…
- Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.
- I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is--open to life, open to love and open to being.
- Jesus' power is the power of human wholeness that ultimately opens, invites and enables human beings to step beyond defense lines where incomplete humanity always…
- Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.
- There is no way that the Fourth Gospel was written by John Zebedee or by any of the disciples of Jesus. The author of this…
- I do not live in a world where people can walk on water, or still a storm, or take five loaves of bread and feed…
- I think the best way to view the Gospels is to view them as a magnificent portrait being painted by Jewish artists to try to…
- Jesus represents the possibilities of a new dimension of existence that transcends all the boundaries that restrict us from opening ourselves to God and allowing…
More Jesus Quotes
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because… — Teresa of Avila
- You know what I'm doing starting 1st November? Jesus Christ Superstar. — Sebastian Bach
- The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does. — Michele Bachmann
- Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. — Stephen Baldwin
- Loving Jesus is what's most important to me. I know it sounds hokey, but it's the truth. — Stephen Baldwin
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a… — William Barclay
- Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way. — Karl Barth