Progressing Spirit

Charting a New Reformation, Part XXXVII – Thesis #11, Life After Death (continued), Survival is the Essence of Life

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 29 2016

It was in the Amazon rain forest that I first discovered just how deeply survival dominates every living thing. Sunlight and water are the prizes which guarantee the survival …

Perhaps this letter has been gestating for some time. One day several years ago, my doctor (a devout Jew) asked me if I thought Jesus was the “real” son …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

Part XXV Matthew – Atonement Theology, Conclusion: Seeking New Possibilities

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on July, 10 2014

Have you ever wondered why the work of Charles Darwin has been so threatening to traditional Christians and to institutional Christianity? In fundamentalist and Bible belt regions of the …

What biblical commentaries do you suggest that would be most beneficial for sermon preparation in contemporary teaching for the 21st …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

“Think Different – Accept Uncertainty” Part IX: What is the Human Reality Our Ancestors Called Original Sin?

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on April, 26 2012

What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be alive? Why are we constituted the way we are? What was there and what is there …

I would guess that this letter could be, or has been, duplicated in its essence by many who have written to you. Recently, I began reading The Sins …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong