I am a child of the 21st century. John Shelby Spong 21stcenturychild Change image and share on social
The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels. John Shelby Spong 1stcenturychurch Change image and share on social
I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication. John Shelby Spong charlecomplicationconsciousness share on social
I don't think much about my physical body going off into the long, green fairways of Heaven to play golf. John Shelby Spong bodyfairwaygolf Change image and share on social
Many of the characters who appear in the pages of the Fourth Gospel are literary creations of its author and were never intended to be understood as real people, who actually lived in history. John Shelby Spong authorcharactercreation Change image and share on social
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. John Shelby Spong detrimentfamilypeople Change image and share on social
I do not live in a world where people can walk on water, or still a storm, or take five loaves of bread and feed 5000 men plus women and children. If that is a requirement of my commitment to Jesus, I find it difficult to stretch my mind outside the capacities of my world view. John Shelby Spong breadcapacitychild share on social
I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious. John Shelby Spong christianmeanreligious Change image and share on social
The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. John Shelby Spong christianityenhancelife Change image and share on social
We've got to deal with the fact that the church has been violently prejudiced against gay people. We've murdered them; we've burned them at the stake; we've run them out of town for something over which they have no control. And that's immoral. John Shelby Spong burnchurchcontrol share on social