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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... father in God" for more than twenty-five years, and whose wise counsel I have received in weekly telephone calls and semiannual visits since I was elected bishop. Over the last three years, as a gift to me from the Diocese of Newark, I ...
... father in God" for more than twenty-five years, and whose wise counsel I have received in weekly telephone calls and semiannual visits since I was elected bishop. Over the last three years, as a gift to me from the Diocese of Newark, I ...
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... fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the ...
... fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the ...
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... father. The devil made me do it." To which the father replied, "Well son, I guess it is my duty to beat the devil out of you!" Blaming the devil is a popular but not always successful maneuver. It did not work for Mr. Swaggart. If the ...
... father. The devil made me do it." To which the father replied, "Well son, I guess it is my duty to beat the devil out of you!" Blaming the devil is a popular but not always successful maneuver. It did not work for Mr. Swaggart. If the ...
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... father had died some four months before that Christmas, plunging my family into radical emotional and economic insecurity. Somehow that Bible ministered to my insecurity. I pored over its words with all the intensity and depth a 13. 2.
... father had died some four months before that Christmas, plunging my family into radical emotional and economic insecurity. Somehow that Bible ministered to my insecurity. I pored over its words with all the intensity and depth a 13. 2.
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... father and judge—ever watching, protecting, and keeping records of our behavior so that reward or punishment could be meted out fairly at the Day of Judgment. It did not occur to me at the time to see how similar that divine image was ...
... father and judge—ever watching, protecting, and keeping records of our behavior so that reward or punishment could be meted out fairly at the Day of Judgment. It did not occur to me at the time to see how similar that divine image was ...
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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