The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found in institutional religion a God big enough to be God for their world. John Shelby Spong alumnusassociationaudience Change image and share on social
I never really liked the Gospel of John because I never could find the humanity of Jesus in it. I thought it presented Jesus as a visitor from another planet; in addition, John's gospel is and has been interpreted as a document that fuels anti-Semitism in the church. John Shelby Spong additionantichurch share on social
I am a child of the 21st century. John Shelby Spong 21stcenturychild Change image and 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
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches. John Shelby Spong academiachurchcommonplace Change image and share on social
I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates. John Shelby Spong beingclaimgod 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 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
In the first gospel, Mark, the risen Christ appears physically to no one, but by the time we come to the last gospel, John, Thomas is invited to feel the nail prints in Christ's hands and feet and the spear wound in his side. John Shelby Spong appearchristfeel share on social
It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish. John Shelby Spong accomplisheasygod Change image and share on social
