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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... faith is built. When these attitudes, based on a literal view of Scripture, begin to shake, our faith also shakes, and we either refuse to look again at the Bible and continue 23.
... faith is built. When these attitudes, based on a literal view of Scripture, begin to shake, our faith also shakes, and we either refuse to look again at the Bible and continue 23.
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... faith of our fathers and mothers and conclude that religion as we know it has lost its power and is dead. If we fall into the former camp, the voices of the television evangelists who traffic in certainty, who claim biblical authority ...
... faith of our fathers and mothers and conclude that religion as we know it has lost its power and is dead. If we fall into the former camp, the voices of the television evangelists who traffic in certainty, who claim biblical authority ...
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... a popular television evangelist has written, "The Bible is the inerrant . . . word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible, without error in all matters pertaining to faith and 25. 3. The Pre-Scientific Assumptions of the Bible.
... a popular television evangelist has written, "The Bible is the inerrant . . . word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible, without error in all matters pertaining to faith and 25. 3. The Pre-Scientific Assumptions of the Bible.
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... faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc."1 One can only conclude that this is the statement of one who is simply unaware of vast areas of reality that are common knowledge to people of this ...
... faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc."1 One can only conclude that this is the statement of one who is simply unaware of vast areas of reality that are common knowledge to people of this ...
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... faith system. It is no wonder that they are afraid of knowledge. Their faith security system is built on sand. It cannot and will not survive, and they have no sense that there is any alternative save despair, death, and meaninglessness ...
... faith system. It is no wonder that they are afraid of knowledge. Their faith security system is built on sand. It cannot and will not survive, and they have no sense that there is any alternative save despair, death, and meaninglessness ...
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of ... John Shelby Spong Vista de fragmentos - 1991 |
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of Script John Shelby Spong Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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