John Shelby Spong

What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#epistimology #ontology #theology #theology

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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I believe that God is very real. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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I am a child of the 21st century. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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I can only give away the love that I have received. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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I experience God as the power of love. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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