Blessing Quote by John Shelby Spong Download Open image “Religion is a mixed blessing.” — John Shelby Spong ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blessing Blessings Mixed Religion
Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God. — John Pearson Copy Share Image
Religion is rather the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being. — F. H. Bradley Copy Share Image
I feel like if I got a blessing, then it's up to me to share that blessing with the world any way I can… — NLE Choppa 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
God loves to glorify himself by suspending his gifts and blessings on our asking him for them. We should never presume to receive from… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Life is all about experiences and being able to work with good people is a blessing. — Bhumika Chawla Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else.… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough. You have… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
