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
The way you become divine is to become wholly human. John Shelby Spong divinehumanwholly Change image and share on social
Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. John Shelby Spong churchdebatablegay Change image and share on social
I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. John Shelby Spong begindignitygive Change image and share on social
Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience. John Shelby Spong believerchristiandeep share on social
I believe that is what the God experience does for us. It calls us beyond our limits into the fullness of life - into a capacity to love people we are not taught to love - and into an ability to be who we are. John Shelby Spong abilitycallcapacity share on social
Almost any poll of regular churchgoers will reveal that their favorite book in the New Testament is the Gospel of John. It is the book that is most often used at Christian funerals. John Shelby Spong bookchristianchurchgoer Change image and share on social
I cannot possibly conceive of my planet Earth as the centre of a three-tiered universe. I know rather that the sun, around which my planet Earth revolves, is a middle sized star in a galaxy called the Milky Way that has over a hundred billion other suns or stars within it. John Shelby Spong billioncallcentre share on social
