Quotes by John Shelby Spong

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As he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. — John Shelby Spong
What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore. — John Shelby Spong
This is the picture of a woman cast in the role of a learner, a pupil, even a rabbinic student. Quite obviously this is — John Shelby Spong
Whatever it was that people experience in Jesus has today come to be identified with medieval doctrines based on premode — John Shelby Spong
If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yest — John Shelby Spong
Mother Nature is not sweet. — John Shelby Spong
I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Becaus — John Shelby Spong
All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you — John Shelby Spong
The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have — John Shelby Spong
The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the — John Shelby Spong
I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. — John Shelby Spong
Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the w — John Shelby Spong
You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to bui — John Shelby Spong