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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... worship such a God. Since they could not identify themselves with those who were the victims of this cruelty, the God to whom they ascribed this victimizing power did not appear to them to be seriously com- promised. It also did not ...
... worship such a God. Since they could not identify themselves with those who were the victims of this cruelty, the God to whom they ascribed this victimizing power did not appear to them to be seriously com- promised. It also did not ...
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... worship God with a renewed integrity in the church that they have never left. I believe that their name is legion. They are members of my family and among my closest friends. I write for them because the goal of my professional life has ...
... worship God with a renewed integrity in the church that they have never left. I believe that their name is legion. They are members of my family and among my closest friends. I write for them because the goal of my professional life has ...
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... in the wilderness? The picture of God that began to emerge from the Bible for me was neither a pleasant one nor one to which I was drawn in worship. It did not get better. The Bible confronted me with the picture of God rejoicing. 17.
... in the wilderness? The picture of God that began to emerge from the Bible for me was neither a pleasant one nor one to which I was drawn in worship. It did not get better. The Bible confronted me with the picture of God rejoicing. 17.
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... purity was also assured by the execution of any- one who deviated from true worship by serving a false God (Num. 25:1-6). If we had such a law today, who would define the true God? There are many religious people who are. 18.
... purity was also assured by the execution of any- one who deviated from true worship by serving a false God (Num. 25:1-6). If we had such a law today, who would define the true God? There are many religious people who are. 18.
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... worship. The claims of infalli- bility and inerrancy are familiar religious claims. This is the very stuff of religious imperialism. All of this seemed to me more like religious bigotry than divinely inspired Scripture. But there it was ...
... worship. The claims of infalli- bility and inerrancy are familiar religious claims. This is the very stuff of religious imperialism. All of this seemed to me more like religious bigotry than divinely inspired Scripture. But there it 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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