The Sins of Scripture - John Shelby Spong

Portrait of Episcopal minister John Shelby Spong

John Shelby Spong is the retired Episcopal archbishop of New Jersey and author of 15 books including "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism" and "The Sins of Scripture".

70 minute phone interview with a dynamic, progressive thinker!

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John Shelby Spong

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Talking about how all is loved in the eyes of God, even those who have killed of the ability to love in themselves.
He mentions some of the books that he would add to the bible including Martin Luther Kings "Letter from a Birmingham jail."
Changes in the church in his lifetime, including the end of segregration, the empowerment of women and the acceptance of gays.
John talks about how literalistic and magical reading of the end times parts of the bible are foolishness.

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