Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of ScriptHarper Collins, 2009 M03 17 - 288 páginas By popular demand—study guides to two of Bishop John Shelby Spong's bestselling and controversial works, including questions, reflections, and summaries for group and individual use. |
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... divine image was to Santa Claus, who every December emerged to be perceived as one who was "making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty and nice." In my junior and senior years of high school, my knowledge of the ...
... divine image was to Santa Claus, who every December emerged to be perceived as one who was "making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty and nice." In my junior and senior years of high school, my knowledge of the ...
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... divine election or manifest destiny, can be especially distorted. This chauvinistic nationalism reached the force of law in the Torah by the suggestion that Hebrews not take the health risks that aliens must endure, and that these risks ...
... divine election or manifest destiny, can be especially distorted. This chauvinistic nationalism reached the force of law in the Torah by the suggestion that Hebrews not take the health risks that aliens must endure, and that these risks ...
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... divine is the message that says for your finite failings you will be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 25:30)? If the Bible is read literally, it must be said that Jesus seems to have ...
... divine is the message that says for your finite failings you will be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 25:30)? If the Bible is read literally, it must be said that Jesus seems to have ...
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... divine law clear. In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, God was portrayed as not knowing what was going on in those two cities, so he had to send divine messengers to bring him a report. This is hardly a portrait of divine omniscience. If ...
... divine law clear. In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, God was portrayed as not knowing what was going on in those two cities, so he had to send divine messengers to bring him a report. This is hardly a portrait of divine omniscience. If ...
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... divine grave to weep. A literal Bible presents me with far more problems than assets. It offers me a God I cannot respect, much less worship; a deity whose needs and prejudices are at least as large as my own. I meet in the literal ...
... divine grave to weep. A literal Bible presents me with far more problems than assets. It offers me a God I cannot respect, much less worship; a deity whose needs and prejudices are at least as large as my own. I meet in the literal ...
Contenido
The Gospel | 107 |
Beyond Mythology to Reality | 129 |
The Story of Jesus from a Hebrew | 147 |
The Story of Jesus from a Gentile | 167 |
In the BeginningI | 185 |
13 | 209 |
Who Is Christ for Us? | 227 |
Epilogue | 245 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 259 |
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