Progressing Spirit

Part XXVIII Matthew: The Parable of the Loaves and the Fish

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 18 2014

Sukkoth is complete. There will be six to eight Sabbaths to engage the synagogue before the next celebration, the festival called Dedication, arrives. In Aramaic the word for “Dedication” …

I was raised as a very religious child in a Russian Orthodox household, beginning to serve in the altar at age three. At the age of fifteen I realized …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

The Birth of Jesus, Part II: Paul and the Virgin Birth

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 15 2012

In the writings of Paul, there is not a single reference to a supernatural birth tradition, regarding Jesus of Nazareth. That is a fact easily established. Determining what that …

You may not remember me but I grew up attending St. John’s Boonton with Father Jack Thorn. Back then I was known as Cindy and the daughter of Ian …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

Part XXVIII Matthew: The Parable of the Loaves and the Fish

I was raised as a very religious child in a Russian Orthodox household, beginning to serve in the altar at age three. At the age of fifteen I realized …

The Birth of Jesus, Part II: Paul and the Virgin Birth

You may not remember me but I grew up attending St. John’s Boonton with Father Jack Thorn. Back then I was known as Cindy and the daughter of Ian …

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