Progressing Spirit

Part XXII Matthew – Jesus through the Lens of Yom Kippur

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on June, 19 2014

Matthew observes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with a flashback story in which John the Baptist, the quintessential Rosh Hashanah figure, although in prison, sends messengers to Jesus …

First let me say that I am reading all your books. I enjoy reading Michael Goulder’s influence in them. My Jewish friends, who have read the New Testament, say: ” …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

The Birth of Jesus, Part XII. Making Sense of the Wise Men

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on May, 2 2013

Having now described the miraculous birth of Jesus in chapter one of his gospel, Matthew turns next to his account of how the birth of Jesus was divinely “rolled …

I have a question. I learned that “survival of the fittest” meant that those who fitted, i.e. adapted, best to the circumstances of life would survive, not those …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

Part XXII Matthew – Jesus through the Lens of Yom Kippur

First let me say that I am reading all your books. I enjoy reading Michael Goulder’s influence in them. My Jewish friends, who have read the New Testament, say: ” …

The Birth of Jesus, Part XII. Making Sense of the Wise Men

I have a question. I learned that “survival of the fittest” meant that those who fitted, i.e. adapted, best to the circumstances of life would survive, not those …

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