Part IX Matthew. Matthew Introduces Joseph – The Earthly Father of Jesus

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on December, 19 2013

Matthew’s opening genealogy of Jesus is now complete with the intriguing idea that the line which produced Jesus of Nazareth, traveled not only through the royal family of the …

Part VIII Matthew: What is the Meaning of the Virgin Birth?

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 21 2013

It is difficult for most Christians to imagine that the story of Jesus’ virgin birth was a late developing tradition in the Christian faith, yet it appears to have …

“Think Different – Accept Uncertainty” Part II

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on January, 26 2012

A recent letter from an Anglican priest in Canada revealed what this priest believes to be the dire straits into which Christianity has fallen in that gentle land to our north. 

The Origins of the New Testament, Part V: Interpreting the Life of Paul

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 5 2009

 
The first person to crack the silence and write anything that we still possess about Jesus of Nazareth was the man known as Saul of Tarsus, who later …

The Origins of the Bible, Part XXIII: Job, the Icon of New Consciousness

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on March, 26 2009

Three books of the Bible, Jonah, Job and Ruth, are known as “protest literature”. We treated Jonah in the section of this study on the prophets. We turn now to Job and Ruth.

The Origins of the Bible, Part XV: Ezekiel

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 20 2008

Does a crisis in the life of the Jewish people serve to call great people into leadership or do these leaders become great because they had to deal with a crisis?

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Origins of the Bible, Part XIV: Jeremiah, the Prophet of Doom

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on October, 9 2008

The book of Jeremiah, the second of the Major Prophets in the Bible after Isaiah, is not only a large and complicated piece of writing, but it exhibits no narrative line that can easily be followed or recalled.

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Origins of the Bible, Part XII: Introducing the Prophet Isaiah

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 11 2008

The Prophet Isaiah may himself have been a member of the royal family, all of whom were descendants of King David. He certainly shared their life style, educational background, values and perspectives.

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