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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... thing you've ever written," were for me moments along the way that made the task most enjoyable. I often wonder how my office or the Diocese of Newark ever functioned before Wanda joined our life in 1984. She brings to her position ...
... thing you've ever written," were for me moments along the way that made the task most enjoyable. I often wonder how my office or the Diocese of Newark ever functioned before Wanda joined our life in 1984. She brings to her position ...
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... things in Bible times. It also had the words of Jesus printed in red letters, even when Luke was quoting the already ascended Christ in the Book of Acts as saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35), and when Paul ...
... things in Bible times. It also had the words of Jesus printed in red letters, even when Luke was quoting the already ascended Christ in the Book of Acts as saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35), and when Paul ...
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... things this God was thought to have com- manded became repulsive to me. If all of these things were part of a Bible that had to be believed as the literal word of God, I found that increasingly I could not give myself in worship to such ...
... things this God was thought to have com- manded became repulsive to me. If all of these things were part of a Bible that had to be believed as the literal word of God, I found that increasingly I could not give myself in worship to such ...
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... things be in any literal sense the Word of God to me? If Jesus was wrong in fact or in attitude, either Jesus him- self or Jesus as viewed through Scripture has been compro- mised. Yet Jesus is presented in the Bible as believing that ...
... things be in any literal sense the Word of God to me? If Jesus was wrong in fact or in attitude, either Jesus him- self or Jesus as viewed through Scripture has been compro- mised. Yet Jesus is presented in the Bible as believing that ...
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... things have been known for years, but the task of rethinking the Bible's story in terms of these new real- ities has not been done by many, indeed by most, people. We still perpetuate our myths in the daily weather reports on tel ...
... things have been known for years, but the task of rethinking the Bible's story in terms of these new real- ities has not been done by many, indeed by most, people. We still perpetuate our myths in the daily weather reports on tel ...
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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