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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... writing great chunks of this manuscript. In exchange for their hospitality, I also lectured on this material to the members of this congregation and any of the Bainbridge Island public who cared to attend. There was tremendous interest ...
... writing great chunks of this manuscript. In exchange for their hospitality, I also lectured on this material to the members of this congregation and any of the Bainbridge Island public who cared to attend. There was tremendous interest ...
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... writer who sincerely believes himself to be a Christian and yet somehow does not calculate the fact that his prayers for the early demise of someone he abhors might also require the sacrificial deaths of a planeload of supposedly ...
... writer who sincerely believes himself to be a Christian and yet somehow does not calculate the fact that his prayers for the early demise of someone he abhors might also require the sacrificial deaths of a planeload of supposedly ...
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... writing career, I have examined such parts of the sacred text as the person of Jesus, the Ten Commandments, the resurrection narratives, and the biblical teaching on human sexuality. In each instance, I narrowed my focus to the subject ...
... writing career, I have examined such parts of the sacred text as the person of Jesus, the Ten Commandments, the resurrection narratives, and the biblical teaching on human sexuality. In each instance, I narrowed my focus to the subject ...
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... writer, was so that all would know "that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel" (Exod. 11:7). The Torah said "do not steal," but at Moses' command, the Exodus from Egypt was accomplished after the Israelites had ...
... writer, was so that all would know "that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel" (Exod. 11:7). The Torah said "do not steal," but at Moses' command, the Exodus from Egypt was accomplished after the Israelites had ...
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... writers was the common wisdom of their time and place, not remotely close to our understanding of medical science. Studies of plant life, animal life, and human life available in centuries past were primitive, to say the least. Concepts ...
... writers was the common wisdom of their time and place, not remotely close to our understanding of medical science. Studies of plant life, animal life, and human life available in centuries past were primitive, to say the least. Concepts ...
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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Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of Script John Shelby Spong Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Términos y frases comunes
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