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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... woman in the pew. So mainline Christians allow the television preachers to manipu- late their audiences, most times to their own financial gain, by making the most absurd biblical claims without their being called to accountability in ...
... woman in the pew. So mainline Christians allow the television preachers to manipu- late their audiences, most times to their own financial gain, by making the most absurd biblical claims without their being called to accountability in ...
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... woman of a simple faith. No critical problems ever both- ered her understanding of God. He 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 ...
... woman of a simple faith. No critical problems ever both- ered her understanding of God. He 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 ...
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... women of faith? How can it be lifted out of the prejudices and cultural biases of bygone eras? How can it be a source of life to a twentieth- and soon-to-be-twenty-first-century generation? If it continues to be viewed literally, the ...
... women of faith? How can it be lifted out of the prejudices and cultural biases of bygone eras? How can it be a source of life to a twentieth- and soon-to-be-twenty-first-century generation? If it continues to be viewed literally, the ...
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... women were used for sexual sport by their Hebrew conquerors. Judah treated his daughter-in-law Tamar as a prostitute and then proposed to kill her when she became pregnant (Genesis 38). Bearing false witness was pro- hibited by the Ten ...
... women were used for sexual sport by their Hebrew conquerors. Judah treated his daughter-in-law Tamar as a prostitute and then proposed to kill her when she became pregnant (Genesis 38). Bearing false witness was pro- hibited by the Ten ...
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... woman touched was unclean (Lev. 15:19ff). A man who had a wet dream "shall be unclean until the evening" (Lev. 15:16). You could not be a priest if you were blind or lame or had a mutilated face or were a hunchback or a dwarf or had a ...
... woman touched was unclean (Lev. 15:19ff). A man who had a wet dream "shall be unclean until the evening" (Lev. 15:16). You could not be a priest if you were blind or lame or had a mutilated face or were a hunchback or a dwarf or had a ...
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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