Progressing Spirit

Part X Matthew: The Story of the Magi and Their Gifts

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on December, 25 2013

The wise men from Matthew’s birth story have been deeply attached to our Christmas celebration, stretching all the way back to the time that Matthew introduced them in the …

I admitted the loss of my fundamentalist beliefs about a year ago. I was 26. I had no idea at the time that I was a fundamentalist. I …

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 X Matthew: The Story of the Magi and Their Gifts

I admitted the loss of my fundamentalist beliefs about a year ago. I was 26. I had no idea at the time that I was a fundamentalist. I …

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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