John Shelby Spong

American bishop.
Died on Sunday September 12th 2021


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@TroyPSimpson: One of the good guys, Bishop John Shelby Spong, has passed away - 3 years ago

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@markdtooley: RT @risenc: My latest for @NYTObits: John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church. “If you wanted to see a frown on… - 3 years ago

@AuthorEvents: In memory of the recent passing of John Shelby Spong, a podcast from the archive. From his 2005 appearance on our s… - 3 years ago

@VerdantSquare: One of the exceedingly few good guys in his field. #RIPJohnShelbySpong - 3 years ago

@SpencerHH: I read Bishop John Shelby Spong in HS when I was still trying to sort out my religious beliefs. It’s been a long ti… - 3 years ago

@oldlife: that's one way of putting it "Author of more than a dozen books, Spong had a knack for communicating complex theol… - 3 years ago

@gzuckier: RT @nate_nims: Rest well, John Shelby Spong. “We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery.” - 3 years ago

@gzuckier: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@gzuckier: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@Maggie_McNeill: RT @Maggie_McNeill: This Week's Links: cops, John Shelby Spong, Bananarama, and much more: - 3 years ago

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@oldlife: #Machen anyone? "if he had been an honest man, he would have resigned his orders fifty years or more ago." - 3 years ago

@glorielle: When I was a teenager, my parents sent me to Inquirers class (Episcopal Confirmation classes) with Jack Spong. They… - 3 years ago

@charleshrollins: The Church lost one of it's great lights yesterday. You will be missed, Bishop Spong. - 3 years ago

@LottaOswalt: RT @DianaCialino: Bishop Spong expanded his ministry to encompass the fights for civil rights, gender equality and LGBTQ rights. - 3 years ago

@DianaCialino: Bishop Spong expanded his ministry to encompass the fights for civil rights, gender equality and LGBTQ rights. - 3 years ago

@FLynch2020: Rest in peace. - 3 years ago

@outseide: John Shelby Spong died. He did so much for women and LGBTQIA+ people in the Episcopal space - 3 years ago

@virginia_prim: Rip John Shelby Spong I was fortunate to meet him about a dozen times, ate next to him about 5. A lot of ppl have… - 3 years ago

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@joetresh: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - The Washington Post - 3 years ago

@3M_MarkM: #Progressive theologian who advocated civil rights dies. John Spong was a very assertive, science-based proponent o… - 3 years ago

@EPJ33: Not a big fan of organized religion but if there is to be a church I would belong to it's one that does not discrim… - 3 years ago

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@PatriciaJowers1: RT @GeneBryant2: John Shelby Spong, 90, a charismatic Episcopal bishop who pushed for women in the clergy and same-sex marriage and called… - 3 years ago

@ColeenMacK_AUS: RT @alawriedejesus: "In the mid-1980s, he began calling on the church to reconsider its position on gay rights. He urged colleagues not onl… - 3 years ago

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@MaryMDalton: Over the years, I read several of Spong’s books and learned a great deal from them. - 3 years ago

@jules32566: Ideals like this have kept me in this faith all of my life.. By Harrison Smith - 3 years ago

@jjclark3: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90. I often heard him preach and read his b… - 3 years ago

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@Flower_Power_67: As evolving human beings, the problem is NOT that we have fallen, but that we are not yet fully human. We are NOT s… - 3 years ago

@Foxmental_X: #RIP 😢 John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - The Washington Post #LGBTQ… - 3 years ago

@FancyNancy2018: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

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@markdtooley: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@amandakhurley: “Among the changes he instituted was to remove the Confederate flag that flew over the church” where Robert E. Lee… - 3 years ago

@KyleDeWolf3: "RIP: John Shelby Spong, former Newark bishop who pushed for LGBTQ+ inclusion, dies at 90 – Episcopal News Service" - 3 years ago

@nayasala: @episcopal_news I loved Bishop John Shelby Spong, he touched my soul and affirmed my relationship with god - 3 years ago

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@nayasala: RT @episcopal_news: Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday at age 90, led the Diocese of Newark for more than two decades and in 1989 or… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @RevHelenJacobi: Bishop John Shelby Spong, dies at 90; a giant of progressive Christianity and a huge influence on many - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @EdenSeminary: Bishop John Shelby Spong brought fearless progressive theological reflection to the question of how the Bible has authori… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @jpas0123: “As evolving creatures, the problem is not that we have fallen, but that we are not yet fully human. We are not sinners, the… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @abravefaith: 'Nobody else can offer what you have to offer, and the only way you can worship God is by daring to be all that you can be… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @ReligionProf: Breaking news: John Shelby Spong has died. - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @irasocol: “What he truly came to understand is doctrine, dogma, doesn’t make us Christian. Doctrine, dogma, doesn’t make us church. Wha… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@nayasala: RT @center4inquiry: Progressive Episcopal bishop, John Shelby Spong, has died at age 90. He said in 2015, “The older I get, the more deeply… - 3 years ago

@MethodistView: RT @markdtooley: "'If you wanted to see a frown on a traditional Episcopalian’s face, you just had to mention John Shelby Spong,' said Mark… - 3 years ago

@TheIRD: RT @markdtooley: "'If you wanted to see a frown on a traditional Episcopalian’s face, you just had to mention John Shelby Spong,' said Mark… - 3 years ago

@nwlaguy: RT @markdtooley: "'If you wanted to see a frown on a traditional Episcopalian’s face, you just had to mention John Shelby Spong,' said Mark… - 3 years ago

@markdtooley: "'If you wanted to see a frown on a traditional Episcopalian’s face, you just had to mention John Shelby Spong,' sa… - 3 years ago

@intrfthalliance: This week on @StateofBelief, Rev. @WeltonGaddy honors the life and memory of Bishop John Shelby Spong, a fearless c… - 3 years ago

@q_driskell4: R.I.P.: Bishop John Shelby Spong, 90, a familiar face in Morristown, and around the world | Morristown Green - 3 years ago

@Maggie_McNeill: This Week's Links: cops, John Shelby Spong, Bananarama, and much more: - 3 years ago

@ToddDavidAdams: He was not a household name, but John Shelby Spong was a transformative writer on religion. For the church as a who… - 3 years ago

@SexNewsLady: John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church -- Bishop Spong pushed for women in the clergy… - 3 years ago

@danialeu: "John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church" by Clay Risen via NYT - 3 years ago

@FeliciaCMcLin88: "John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church" by Clay Risen via NYT - 3 years ago

@LisaSchauf: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@bowethery: "John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church" by Clay Risen via NYT - 3 years ago

@kcolaizzo: RT @Blake_RESISTS: via @NYTimes This Priest did MORE to promote not just the INCLUSION … But the CELEBRATION of Women and the #LGBTQ Comm… - 3 years ago

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@ceolaclacb: "John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church" by Clay Risen via NYT - 3 years ago

@Blake_RESISTS: via @NYTimes This Priest did MORE to promote not just the INCLUSION … But the CELEBRATION of Women and the #LGBTQ… - 3 years ago

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@FloydBustillos: "John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church" by Clay Risen via NYT - 3 years ago

@OFOTELA208: RT @MaxJovenGay: Muere el célebre obispo episcopal/anglicano John Shelby Spong, gran defensor de los derechos LGTBI - 3 years ago

@juanki_s: RT @MaxJovenGay: Muere el célebre obispo episcopal/anglicano John Shelby Spong, gran defensor de los derechos LGTBI - 3 years ago

@MaxJovenGay: Muere el célebre obispo episcopal/anglicano John Shelby Spong, gran defensor de los derechos LGTBI… - 3 years ago

@CoralGablesUCC: The message for our morning worship will focus on some of Pastor Laurie’s favorite quotes from Bishop John “Jack” S… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@krinvan: Remembering a central teaching of Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died a week ago today… - 3 years ago

@matthewddsg: Honestly you can lead a full and fulfilling life or you can strive to digest and make some sense of the writings of… - 3 years ago

@BirthdayCoach: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@MAOWL: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@arealexty: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@RachelNathanCA: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Gorelaxathome: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

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@emmylyn38314924: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@emmylyn38314924: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@hahlfeld: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@english_hp: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@xineinhawaii: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@DrewBMcIntyre: Not new, but lovely: Rowan Williams with a charitable but devastating critique of John Shelby Spong’s primary the… - 3 years ago

@MuldnerDavid: R.I.P.: Bishop John Shelby Spong, 90, a familiar face in Morristown, and around the world - 3 years ago

@chelz70: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@MethodistView: RT @arbevere: With the recent death of Bishop John Shelby Spong, the religious world in the West lost an influential individual. Here is a… - 3 years ago

@sdterp: As an Atheist, I found Bishop Spong to be a refreshing voice of reason. He will be greatly missed. An advocate for… - 3 years ago

@lesliethomas1: RT @kevinmax: My friend Danel from Alaska who brought me into his town for shows, poetry & brotherhood @HumanRain has written a great piece… - 3 years ago

@kevinmax: My friend Danel from Alaska who brought me into his town for shows, poetry & brotherhood @HumanRain has written a g… - 3 years ago

@arbevere: With the recent death of Bishop John Shelby Spong, the religious world in the West lost an influential individual.… - 3 years ago

@lrfellows: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@erwyzz: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - The Washington Post - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: John Spong’s HERE I STAND - 3 years ago

@barbchris00: @JohnAsh26396557 Have you read any of John Shelby Spong? (Sadly he passed this week.) I’m finishing up writing a Pr… - 3 years ago

@ReligionProf: Diana Butler Bass: White Evangelical Theopolitics, John Shelby Spong, & Jesus - 3 years ago

@lambeth981: On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick reflect on the life and ministry of Bishop John Spo… - 3 years ago

@marty234: RT @FrBower: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@1964dwclark: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@kenhendon: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@lebeaujardins: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@JEdward02: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@MrPhil2: RT @aigkenham: Ministry Watch reported Mark Tooley, president of the Institute for Religion and Democracy as saying “He did great harm as… - 3 years ago

@HumanRain: My Deconstruction Heroes: John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

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@CCTakato: So I’m not a Christian anymore but I still have a lot of respect for Bishop John Shelby Spong. RIP and my heart go… - 3 years ago

@CCTakato: I’m an atheist now, so it’s ironic Bishop John Shelby Spong did actually play a role in my deconversion from Christ… - 3 years ago

@gilljma67: "if god is the source of life , I worship god by living If god is the source of love, I worship god by loving If… - 3 years ago

@mec569: RT @episcopal_news: Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday at age 90, led the Diocese of Newark for more than two decades and in 1989 or… - 3 years ago

@RogerWolsey: John Shelby Spong - a theological giant who left a massive legacy for us to live into. see: - 3 years ago

@rlrr: RT @jepotts: @OTOOLEFAN Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong once spoke of how prayer chains formed when his wife got cancer, and took som… - 3 years ago

@jepotts: @OTOOLEFAN Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong once spoke of how prayer chains formed when his wife got cancer, a… - 3 years ago

@OhlsonMary: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@OhlsonMary: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@waddell_adam: This past month has had me passionately standing for John Shelby Spong and Nadia Bolz-Weber against the haters. P… - 3 years ago

@LiberatedByGaga: The writing of John Spong changed my life forever. I’ll never forget hearing him give a lecture at the U of O. Bi… - 3 years ago

@SilichipX: #RIP Bishop John Shelby Spong to talk about christianity & homosexuality: - 3 years ago

@CharlesBurns11: Bishop John Shelby Spong -- His last public lecture - 3 years ago

@valenciazest: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@jjeffords37: Death in our diocesan family: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, VIII Bishop of Newark | The Episcopal Diocese of Newa… - 3 years ago

@vivs1man: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@LotteNoive: @jewishck Please read the writings of John Shelby Spong to help with a more nuanced view of Paul. This video might… - 3 years ago

@SilichipX: 👍 #LikedVideo: Bishop John Shelby Spong: How To Read The Bible | August 28, 2018 at 12:43AM - 3 years ago

@MaryJenJanee: √ACCESS] God in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism (Societas) by Anthony Freeman & John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@PunchingPuzzy: A Tribute to Bishop John Shelby Spong: - 3 years ago

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@Pairsonnalites: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90: John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian… - 3 years ago

@LoisLederman: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@dianabutlerbass: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@robertdryer: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@HomebrewedXnty: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@PastorPaul55: Is there a different Bible? Are they blinded by a combination of ego needs and naïveté?" Bishop John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Brogressive1: RT @trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, John She… - 3 years ago

@rulecharter: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

@trippfuller: Last night I had too much nerdy fun with the one and only DBB. You can listen :) White Evangelical Theopolitics, J… - 3 years ago

@jennamwills_: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@PunchingPuzzy: @HumanistReport @YouTube I just wish to announce RIP for Bishop John Spong who died last Sunday and was a supporter… - 3 years ago

@GM_Guardian: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@SilichipX: 👍 #LikedVideo: The Roots of Religion: Tribute to Bishop John Shelby Spong (1931 - 2021) | September 17, 2021 at 01:… - 3 years ago

@Lyndon_M: Our church is starting a book study of Roger Wolsey’s book “Kissing Fish” next month. It seems fairly basic to me… - 3 years ago

@sange1: RT @mjewalt: Grateful for my colleague @BishopGRobinson's words mourning the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong and reflecting on his impa… - 3 years ago

@judsontaylor: If you disagreed with John Shelby Spong’s worldview, in his mind, you were either fundamentalist, crazy, or dishone… - 3 years ago

@Pairsonnalites: CAGMT — An advocate for LGBTQ and women priests, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong dies at ...: As he often did in… - 3 years ago

@SilichipX: 🔔 The Roots of Religion: Tribute to Bishop John Shelby Spong (1931 - 2021) - 3 years ago

@MaryLUE: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

@waynekankovsky: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@doofgeek4011: RT @perseus1977: @TrueColorzx1 Well...it seems that Jesus referred to himself as the “Son of Man,” a term for an enigmatic, apparently divi… - 3 years ago

@KoparaFallsKid: RT @nctriggs: @KoparaFallsKid We are still the killer ape that burst out of the Serengeti 100,000 years ago, but in other many ways we have… - 3 years ago

@LsCastine: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@DianaStosik: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@DianaStosik: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@CoralGablesUCC: This Sunday, September 19, the message for our morning worship will focus on some of Pastor Laurie’s favorite quote… - 3 years ago

@JJD2017: A bit sad today with the news of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong, a great friend and advocate of the LGBTQ… - 3 years ago

@SilichipX: 👍 Controversial Virginia Pastor John Shelby Spong Dead At 90 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 13th Sep 2021 | September… - 3 years ago

@Pairsonnalites: CAD — An advocate for LGBTQ and women priests, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong dies at ...: As he often did in p… - 3 years ago

@MichaelPacholek: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@Jjreyno63449590: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@mjfidel: Liked on YouTube: Bishop John Shelby Spong -- His last public lecture - 3 years ago

@WillyMac4: RT @RevJSS: Bishop John Shelby Spong helped me re-embrace the Gospel of John with his book, "The Fourth Gospel." May he rest in peace. - 3 years ago

@BostonGlobe: An advocate for LGBTQ and women priests, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@davidmfprosser: RIP, John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@izoias: RT @ChristianPost: Controversial Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong, who advocated for LGBT affirmation, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@KKYsihteeri: RT @Vartija: John Shelby Spong in memoriam. - 3 years ago

@Timothy__343: RIP John Shelby Spong. A true hero! - 3 years ago

@Timothy__343: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@Katcam1066: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@Alexa_Destria: RT @Noted_Lives: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 By Harrison Smith - 3 years ago

@DJCmusing: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

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@CFickenFink: RT @dianabutlerbass: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@blessedimp: Giving thanks for John Shelby Spong who died this week. With so many others, I and Pitt Street Uniting Church were… - 3 years ago

@Noted_Lives: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 By Harrison Smith - 3 years ago

@sravnik: Sad to hear about the passing of one of my ethics education mentors, Bishop John Shelby Spong. Rest well Jack and l… - 3 years ago

@BobFelton: RIP John Shelby Spong, a genuinely decent man and uncommonly clearheaded Holy Man. If I could get past all the sup… - 3 years ago

@MrXReturns2: Heresy, heresy, heresy - 3 years ago

@codycharland: “We’re space-age people,” he told RNS in 2013. “All I’m saying is that the world the Christian church was born in i… - 3 years ago

@idoyairurzun: RT @dianabutlerbass: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@dwcongdon: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

@RevDeb1952: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

@dianabutlerbass: RT @DavidDark: “The older I get the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have.” Lovely reminiscence of John Shelby Spong featuring… - 3 years ago

@katelvr: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@KarthalaEdition: Mort de l’évêque américain John Shelby #Spong, héraut progressiste de l’Église épiscopalienne via @LaCroix - 3 years ago

@FLTimes: “The older I get, the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have,” said John Shelby Spong in 2013 at the ag… - 3 years ago

@Zazhinki: RT @dianabutlerbass: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@ericmetaxas: RT @revannek: The death of humility is also the death of humor. If you imagine you can tell God and all the people who humbly worship him a… - 3 years ago

@amandavicmason: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@ForeverHollywo3: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@revannek: The death of humility is also the death of humor. If you imagine you can tell God and all the people who humbly wor… - 3 years ago

@RobAllaert: “All I’m saying is that the world the Christian church was born in is not the world we live in, and if you confine… - 3 years ago

@MCSearing: RT @dianabutlerbass: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

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@jjynur13: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@itsjustkevy: RT @dianabutlerbass: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@lizmcgehee: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

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@recherche_verit: RT @LaCroix: ⚫ Mort de l’évêque américain John Shelby Spong, héraut progressiste de l’Église épiscopalienne - 3 years ago

@robertofabian: RT @washingtonpost: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 90 - 3 years ago

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@spoken_worldTIE: Obituary: Bishop John Shelby Spong, 90 - 3 years ago

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@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @walterkbooker: In honor of Bishop John Shelby Spong, one of my true heroes in life, and his wife/life partner Christine, I offer this r… - 3 years ago

@NSQE: I am so deeply saddened to learn about the death of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Look, bear with me for a second. Bis… - 3 years ago

@cheekysu: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@davidrlouis: The Death of John Shelby Spong: A Review of His Theology The Death of John Shelby Spong: A Review of His Theology I… - 3 years ago

@davidrlouis: The Death of John Shelby Spong: A Review of His Theology - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @ye_littlefaith: In honor of the life of Bishop John Shelby Spong, I’m rereading his book ‘Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism’. My o… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @BarbaraMcDWhitt: True religion is, at its core, nothing more or less than a call to live fully, to love wastefully and to be all that w… - 3 years ago

@DdaSilvaCornell: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@CharlesBurns11: Bishop John Shelby Spong, June 16, 1931 - September 12, 2021 Bishop Spong provided a much needed place for those o… - 3 years ago

@aharbo: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@GerryHughes59: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@fran_strege: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@MariaExall: RT @FrEdwardBeck: “The older I get, the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have…I have a sort of mystical awareness (of God) tha… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@SKFaithNetwork: ID: A picture of John Shelby Spong along with his quote, "God is not a Christian, god is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or… - 3 years ago

@Pastor_Padre: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Pastor_Padre: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@dirkster42_: RT @RDispatches: "[People] believe you have to convert or you’re going to fry in hell. I think I’d rather fry in hell than spend an eternit… - 3 years ago

@StateofBelief: RT @RDispatches: "[People] believe you have to convert or you’re going to fry in hell. I think I’d rather fry in hell than spend an eternit… - 3 years ago

@Iddybud: I saw Bishop Spong speak at Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, in 2009. He refused to engage biblical ignorance… - 3 years ago

@StateofBelief: RT @ShalomSpiritual: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems whic… - 3 years ago

@StateofBelief: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@SabrinaFiggy: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@nzacharia1: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@SGNSF: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@princessjack: RT @FrEdwardBeck: “The older I get, the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have…I have a sort of mystical awareness (of God) tha… - 3 years ago

@KaJuror: RT @FrEdwardBeck: “The older I get, the more deeply I believe but the fewer beliefs I have…I have a sort of mystical awareness (of God) tha… - 3 years ago

@awagel01: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@idoyairurzun: RT @ShalomSpiritual: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems whic… - 3 years ago

@idoyairurzun: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@idoyairurzun: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@idoyairurzun: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@andhis40voleurs: RT @Protestia: Episcopalian Heretic 'Bishop' John Shelby Spong Dead at 90 - 3 years ago

@Analysthealth1: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@JamesDavis43: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died Spong made headlines when he ordained… - 3 years ago

@mysera26: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@mzorlick: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@Analysthealth1: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Analysthealth1: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@Analysthealth1: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@jrbkjrbk: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@ellesager: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@crease59: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@doctee99004: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@IndivisPrescott: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@CatholicMasses: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has diedBishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who… - 3 years ago

@tassyb7: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@penowski: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@JoeGenau: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@auntkey: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@Phyllis17570617: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@AtlantaMike3: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@jonismith352: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Flblueskies: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@terristweets: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@ChemicalEyeGuy: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Ded_2_Me: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@sampson_elaine: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@katybug0802: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@AshleaDavis: RT @dandyolivo: I disagreed with Bishop John Shelby #Spong on so much, but he made me think (and laugh). He made a lot of us think seriousl… - 3 years ago

@norsemndem: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@bumbyjr: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@suekhi: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@ConfluenceOLife: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@DaddyDeyo: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@RHoeckley: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@upstartcrow1960: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@CarlaMoulton3: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@Magpie4Life1892: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@theSopranoist: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@altrogue_hb: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Avenger280: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@KikoKikoKate1: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@jmleclerc: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@Chookooloonks: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@plethora_pinata: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@turnermelodie12: RT @JohnFugelsang: Bishop John Shelby Spong’s “Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism” made me a fan of his compassion & guts. I finally m… - 3 years ago

@SymonsValleyUC: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@CumbriaPreacher: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@AaronBaronHill: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@jacktshannon: 2/2 "Therefore, no external description of one's being, whether based on race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientat… - 3 years ago

@phillipstheosem: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@JomarToc: RT @JamesMartinSJ: Bishop John Shelby Spong has died. I greatly admired his courageous stances on many important issues, including LGBTQ in… - 3 years ago

@jacktshannon: 2/2 " The reward will go to those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout… - 3 years ago

@RevMelanieNOLA: RT @bobsmietana: “If we are trying to construct denominations that are about excluding people, we are screwed.” Bishop Bonnie Perry, on the… - 3 years ago

@f_fz: RT @SokKristen: Rest in Peace, Bishop John Shelby Spong. ✝ - 3 years ago

@Eva_GBTheatre: RT @iamunholyjoe: ‘I will no longer seek to slow down the witness to inclusiveness by pretending that there is some middle ground between p… - 3 years ago

@SokKristen: Rest in Peace, Bishop John Shelby Spong. ✝ - 3 years ago

@francisarabin: RT @NoJesuitTricks: John Shelby Spong will literally rise from the dead in the General Resurrection. If that doesn’t severely piss him off,… - 3 years ago

@michele_mattea: RT @JamesMartinSJ: Bishop John Shelby Spong has died. I greatly admired his courageous stances on many important issues, including LGBTQ in… - 3 years ago

@abigail_sarah88: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@smithbrainz: RT @BSRken: Rest in peace. Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@BSRken: Rest in peace. Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@rjacksix: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@MadsDavies: The Telegraph's obituary for Bishop Spong. Disapproving but not without sympathy - 3 years ago

@jkh107: RT @JamesMartinSJ: Bishop John Shelby Spong has died. I greatly admired his courageous stances on many important issues, including LGBTQ in… - 3 years ago

@deangustafson: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@AuseklisTK: RT @RNS: Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday, was known for his rejection of core Christian doctrines and for radical accep… - 3 years ago

@Xcntrik: RT @RNS: Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday, was known for his rejection of core Christian doctrines and for radical accep… - 3 years ago

@RevDebWalker: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@GladdeningLight: RT @CarlMcColman: I just learned of the death of Bishop John Shelby Spong. I did not see eye to eye with him in many ways, but I appreciate… - 3 years ago

@q_driskell4: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@sublimejah: RT @RNS: Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday, was known for his rejection of core Christian doctrines and for radical accep… - 3 years ago

@RNS: Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday, was known for his rejection of core Christian doctrines and fo… - 3 years ago

@Lydgatepriest: RT @iamunholyjoe: ‘I will no longer seek to slow down the witness to inclusiveness by pretending that there is some middle ground between p… - 3 years ago

@iamunholyjoe: ‘I will no longer seek to slow down the witness to inclusiveness by pretending that there is some middle ground bet… - 3 years ago

@akfullerton: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@RS_Glide08: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@tcely: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@CarlyeJHughes: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@JimRlshyde: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@NoJesuitTricks: John Shelby Spong will literally rise from the dead in the General Resurrection. If that doesn’t severely piss him… - 3 years ago

@FretodrmMel: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@wilfhh29: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@BarChaplain: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@gladstone622: The Episcopal Church has been on a steady decline under the tenure of Bishop Shelby Spong. What now? Will it turn… - 3 years ago

@mummacity: RT @bobsmietana: “If we are trying to construct denominations that are about excluding people, we are screwed.” Bishop Bonnie Perry, on the… - 3 years ago

@episcopal_news: Bishop John Shelby Spong, who died Sunday at age 90, led the Diocese of Newark for more than two decades and in 198… - 3 years ago

@josh_a_scott: RT @adammosley: “This was a life so whole, so free, that he had no need to cling to it.” ~ John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@RDispatches: "[People] believe you have to convert or you’re going to fry in hell. I think I’d rather fry in hell than spend an… - 3 years ago

@animateurman: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@AGSBPandE: To learn more about his progressive Theology and the work John Shelby Spong did for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church,… - 3 years ago

@dvdpeters: While john Shelby spong and I openly disagreed on many things he and I never stopped disagreeing - 3 years ago

@AGSBPandE: The world of liberal Theology has lost a unique thinker in John Shelby Spong. A true theological great of our time. - 3 years ago

@Jordan_Weber_: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@adammosley: “This was a life so whole, so free, that he had no need to cling to it.” ~ John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@Jordan_Weber_: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @RevChuckCurrie: I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. He challenged church orthodoxy in ways that pointed t… - 3 years ago

@PastorMatthewC: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@djkcaldwell: RT @bobsmietana: “If we are trying to construct denominations that are about excluding people, we are screwed.” Bishop Bonnie Perry, on the… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@PeterHBolland: One of my heroes has died. Rest easy Rev. Spong. You did good. - 3 years ago

@cindymallin: Wait... so the author (John Shelby Spong) said he would soon address the issues specifically... died yesterday? Die… - 3 years ago

@judithmedson: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@1MirandaAllen: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong never retreated… - 3 years ago

@altacassady1: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: RT @RNS: Bishop John Shelby Spong, a bestselling author and cleric known for his progressive theology and his support of LGBTQ clergy in th… - 3 years ago

@jeffpartain: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@OEJosiah: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@zamar1072: RT @josh_a_scott: So sad to hear this news. John Shelby Spong, in so many ways, enabled me to remain Christian. He was a gift to the Church… - 3 years ago

@BarrDeni: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@sallyagale: RT @dianabutlerbass: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@cpatters7: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@rayanglesea: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@DrewLudwig: RT @dianabutlerbass: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. ― John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@OpenTableLIV: RT @NewChurchBrum: If you ever wondered where IGB's closing blessing comes from, it's actually a quote from Bishop Spong: "May we live full… - 3 years ago

@Bryanmcdaniel7: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@flyfoxpro: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@ThomasReeseSJ: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@Sariya_CC: RT @RISINGforum: We may not always agree with them but the contribution of great thinkers should be acknowledged for their contribution tow… - 3 years ago

@mwmjenard: RT @wyhz72: John Shelby Spong died. For those unfamiliar with him, he was an American Episcopalian bishop who rejected pretty much every vi… - 3 years ago

@corey_hampton: I randomly this from John Shelby Spong this morning, which is an example of exactly what Barth is attacking - 3 years ago

@Blueberrier0341: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@JimYTrammell: John Shelby Spong passed away. I guess it's all up to us, now. - 3 years ago

@holybullies: RT @bobsmietana: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@RNS: RT @bobsmietana: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@RNS: RT @bobsmietana: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@RelentlesslyUU: RT @LarryLaddUU: "The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end."— John Shelby Spong (1931-2021) - 3 years ago

@SBTS: A Parable of Post-Christian Religion: John Shelby Spong, Non-Theist Episcopal Bishop Dies at 90 @albertmohler… - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @RevChuckCurrie: I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. He challenged church orthodoxy in ways that pointed t… - 3 years ago

@Eunice_Serina: RT @DavidSJAustin: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@garysdeskcom: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@GrantDenkinson: RT @DavidSJAustin: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@RevJide: RT @DavidSJAustin: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@bubbasmith2010: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@GeorgeMathew: R.I.P. Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed economic empowerment and LGBTQ inclusion.… - 3 years ago

@raphaeldeas: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@revsean: RT @LarryLaddUU: "The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end."— John Shelby Spong (1931-2021) - 3 years ago

@mm_mtns: RT @doktorgoogle: Rest in peace, John Shelby Spong (16.6.1931 - 12.9.2021). You will be missed. So thankful for your many books and appeara… - 3 years ago

@nblack1611: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@KellyHughes: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@ReligionProf: Remembering John Shelby Spong (1931–2021) - 3 years ago

@MarginalS4th: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@joefortruth: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@DC_United1: Rest In Peace, John Shelby Spong #UCCan #OttawaChurch #RIP #RestInPeace #JohnShelbySpong… - 3 years ago

@t0pinabean: @craignelsonUK @wyclif Not too vital or inspiring: "His ... book... said, among other points, that seeing Jesus as… - 3 years ago

@Kimber573: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@g_naiomi: RT @nate_nims: Rest well, John Shelby Spong. “We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery.” - 3 years ago

@JeebusTrump: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@DavidSJAustin: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@rickeyre: RT @RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong never retreated… - 3 years ago

@BrianMorse1: Rest In Peace, John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@WaldorfTowers: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@Lukekindasucks: RT @AmishCatholic: John Shelby Spong has died. Pray for his soul. - 3 years ago

@Biblecollege_: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@Suchiz_Life: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@hazelnutnotes: RT @RNS: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@drmassee: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop, dies at age 90 - 3 years ago

@hazelnutnotes: RT @RealMikeMorrell: "I will not surrender the truth I believe I find in Jesus, either to those who seek to defend the indefensible or to t… - 3 years ago

@craignelsonUK: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@craignelsonUK: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@athelstan1066: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@PastorPaul55: For the day's journey: "I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, bu… - 3 years ago

@PartyCoffee: RT @doktorgoogle: Rest in peace, John Shelby Spong (16.6.1931 - 12.9.2021). You will be missed. So thankful for your many books and appeara… - 3 years ago

@revdrjanet: RT @RevChuckCurrie: I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. He challenged church orthodoxy in ways that pointed t… - 3 years ago

@LarryLaddUU: "We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery." John Shelby Spong (1931-2021) - 3 years ago

@tysweeting: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@LarryLaddUU: "The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end."— John Shelby Spong (1931-2021) - 3 years ago

@The_Rolling_Rev: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@TheIMFCsocial: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@LWLorg: RT @RyanNDanker: John Shelby Spong dead at 90. - 3 years ago

@PrinceAsbel: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@PeterNimmo1: RT @Frannie_Munro: I heard John Shelby Spong preach at Magdalen College Chapel in 1989. He was a delight. He preached on how Jonah was chal… - 3 years ago

@PaulaNFriedman: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@PeterNimmo1: RT @ProfPMiddleton: John Shelby Spong, former American Episcopalian Bishop of Newark, author, and campaigner for women and LGBTI progress i… - 3 years ago

@somnambulist314: RT @davidlrattigan: RIP, John Shelby Spong. As a student, I was terrified of the threat he posed to my conservative view of the Bible, and… - 3 years ago

@anthonycolson: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@Antonn1: RT @Frannie_Munro: I heard John Shelby Spong preach at Magdalen College Chapel in 1989. He was a delight. He preached on how Jonah was chal… - 3 years ago

@wyclif: John Shelby Spong passed today. It's my hope and prayer that he finally repented and renounced his heresies before he took his final breath. - 3 years ago

@silviageruza: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@PassionateFanPH: Following Jesus means having the courage to go against injustice and oppressive structures and to include the margi… - 3 years ago

@Frannie_Munro: I heard John Shelby Spong preach at Magdalen College Chapel in 1989. He was a delight. He preached on how Jonah was… - 3 years ago

@PassionateFanPH: Rest in Peace, Rest in Power, Bishop John Shelby Spong. A giant of #ProgressiveChristianity who passed away yesterd… - 3 years ago

@nyligenavlidna: Vila i frid John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@planetrex01: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@Matt_R_Buckley: RIP John Shelby Spong. When he visited South Australia I was a journalism student and I partook in a group intervie… - 3 years ago

@TimDykstra71: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@gallimaufrey777: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@dynamic_proxy: R.I.P. John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@LtkSteven: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@sandrinito: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@TinyButMighty17: RT @ShalomSpiritual: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems whic… - 3 years ago

@Rgt71Robert: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@Viktor_Renquist: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@robnoxious66: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@BaltimoreBRSRK: RT @RevChuckCurrie: I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. He challenged church orthodoxy in ways that pointed t… - 3 years ago

@bzrth: RT @AmishCatholic: John Shelby Spong has died. Pray for his soul. - 3 years ago

@kanikleios: RT @AmishCatholic: John Shelby Spong has died. Pray for his soul. - 3 years ago

@RichGriese: Book: Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile (1999) by John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@nctriggs: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@LizDolphinfluff: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@arturocarrascog: RT @RNS: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@arturocarrascog: RT @jh_swanson: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems which hum… - 3 years ago

@Pierreschneider: RT @AmishCatholic: John Shelby Spong has died. Pray for his soul. - 3 years ago

@johntsquires: Remembering John Shelby Spong (1931–2021) - 3 years ago

@JustinSwanstrom: RT @ye_littlefaith: I’m sorry to hear of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Here’s my favorite quote from Bishop Spong: “The church… - 3 years ago

@mattnightingale: John Shelby Spong died today. What book of his should I read? - 3 years ago

@MaxLuder: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@RevChuckCurrie: I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. He challenged church orthodoxy in ways that point… - 3 years ago

@pittardm: I have learned so much from the writings and talks of John Shelby Spong. I'm sorry he is gone. 💔 - 3 years ago

@MoeMaher1967: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@S_LeGoff: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@fionalamby: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@JarkkoVikman: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@ognevidnaya: On the occasion of the passing of John Shelby Spong. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, sinners... - 3 years ago

@UdayanRoy62: RT @TomAnthony1: @JohnFugelsang Bishop John Shelby Spong died this morning, at the age of 90. He was a great voice in liberal Christian the… - 3 years ago

@Kevin_Sean86: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@G_Kkrl_: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@FredKwint: RT @RNS: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@atheist_in_nc: RT @jonsteingard: John Shelby Spong passed today. His intellect was guided by his compassion, which was evident in anything I ever read fro… - 3 years ago

@jh_swanson: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems w… - 3 years ago

@atheist_in_nc: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@stokerslodge: RT @ReligionProf: Breaking news: John Shelby Spong has died. - 3 years ago

@RNS: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@piprob222: RT @abravefaith: 'Nobody else can offer what you have to offer, and the only way you can worship God is by daring to be all that you can be… - 3 years ago

@carlstrehlow: One of the great heretics of modern times Rev. John Shelby Spong, an influential theologian of liberal Protestantis… - 3 years ago

@iypmgt: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@NorrisFriesen: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@AshorDeKelaita: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@Kenneedsgrace: John Shelby Spong’s theology. - 3 years ago

@Kenneedsgrace: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@ye_littlefaith: @paulogia0 John Shelby Spong was a good man. The complete opposite of James White. - 3 years ago

@JonathanSarfat1: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@PeculiarBaptist: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@rslatt74: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

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@RunnymedeCap: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@AmishCatholic: John Shelby Spong has died. Pray for his soul. - 3 years ago

@sonofmikeh: RT @DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episc… - 3 years ago

@DrOakley1689: John Shelby Spong died today. Unless he repented of his teachings, he died in rebellion against the gospel...as an Episcopalian bishop. - 3 years ago

@TheiPriest: And Now His Watch Is Ended - John Shelby Spong (1931-2021) During one of those questioning moments, my elder brot… - 3 years ago

@sooshnider: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@bobsmietana: Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died - 3 years ago

@spadiva: Bishop John Shelby Spong - 3 years ago

@stufalk: RT @ShalomSpiritual: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems whic… - 3 years ago

@stufalk: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@paul_somerville: RT @ye_littlefaith: I’m sorry to hear of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Here’s my favorite quote from Bishop Spong: “The church… - 3 years ago

@stufalk: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@stufalk: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@solizjo: RT @susankatzmiller: Mourning the death of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong. He was a riveting speaker, an audacious and important theologian,… - 3 years ago

@doktorgoogle: Rest in peace, John Shelby Spong. You will be missed. So thankful for your many books and appearances at Chautauqua. @chq - 3 years ago

@BruceRoller: Bishop John Shelby Spong left us today. I’m weeping. He was one of the most transformative forces in my life. Here… - 3 years ago

@dunnmichael: RT @dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong, V… - 3 years ago

@sotteson: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@revsusanrussell: "Send us anywhere you would have us go" -- A Reflection on the legacy of Bishop John Shelby Spong [1931-2021]… - 3 years ago

@BillyBoysDaddy: BREAKING NEWS: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop, dies at age 90 - Washington Times 🇺🇸 - 3 years ago

@BrotherRicky: Absolutely heartbroken to hear of the death of Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong. The most wonderful religiou… - 3 years ago

@judsontaylor: Maverick author and liberal Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong dies at 90; his experience as Bishop of Newark was a… - 3 years ago

@susankatzmiller: Mourning the death of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong. He was a riveting speaker, an audacious and important theologia… - 3 years ago

@ebarkar: John Shelby Spong (1931 – 2021) He was a controversial figure, but he was a figure, bright figure. Rest In Peace, Bishop Spong +++ - 3 years ago

@TomAnthony1: @JohnFugelsang Bishop John Shelby Spong died this morning, at the age of 90. He was a great voice in liberal Christ… - 3 years ago

@derekwebb: RT @jonsteingard: John Shelby Spong passed today. His intellect was guided by his compassion, which was evident in anything I ever read fro… - 3 years ago

@BardusMaxwell: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@sowhatfaith: Remembering Bishop John Shelby Spong (1931-2021). "Building the Church" with humility and acceptance (2012) - - 3 years ago

@jonsteingard: John Shelby Spong passed today. His intellect was guided by his compassion, which was evident in anything I ever re… - 3 years ago

@rk_p: “I prepare for death by living.” - Bishop John Shelby Spong Fuck. This hits different as I struggle with purpose and presence. - 3 years ago

@anglicanink: Maverick author John Shelby Spong dies at 90 - 3 years ago

@davidakaden: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@harold_fine: So John Shelby Spong passed today? - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @RNS: Progressive Episcopal John Shelby Spong, dead today at 90, was profiled by David Gibson on RNS in 2013. - 3 years ago

@e_j_hayes: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@MFFables: "His 2002 book, A New Christianity For A New World, [claimed] that seeing Jesus as God was 'nonsense'; that a Virgi… - 3 years ago

@earlvox: RT @WhereTrueLoveIs: RIP John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@bryanmCLT: RT @CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collision with… - 3 years ago

@corso_mike: John Shelby Spong Dies - 3 years ago

@LandonEarps: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@berchiegayle: RIP Bishop John Shelby "Jack" Spong. ✝️ - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong never retreated… - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @4KevinASmith: R.I.P. Bishop John Shelby Spong. The first followers of Christ weren't Christians, they were People of the Way. Thanks… - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @ShalomSpiritual: “God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems whic… - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @ConnerHabib: RIP John Shelby Spong; you made life more peaceful and loving for so many LGBT Christians. - 3 years ago

@orthoheterodox1: RT @jelliottlein: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.” A most approp… - 3 years ago

@MarioIAguilar: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@fargonia: John Shelby Spong has died and I am sad. - 3 years ago

@sowhatfaith: Remembering Bishop John Shelby Spong (1931-2021). "Is Christianity on a Path Toward Extinction?" (2011) - - 3 years ago

@fargonia: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@neodecaussade: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@NoExpAllowed: John Shelby Spong’s The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic shaped my deconstruction. I find his argument comp… - 3 years ago

@GiosueDAssisi: Today we say farewell to one of my favorite humans. Rest in Peace, Bishop John Shelby Spong. Your inclusive heart a… - 3 years ago

@dionewark: Death in our diocesan family: With sadness we share the news of the death this morning of Bishop John Shelby "Jack"… - 3 years ago

@WhereTrueLoveIs: RIP John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@KyleBetit: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@TyRagan: John Shelby Spong, R.I.P. - 3 years ago

@MethodistView: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@MethodistView: RT @jeffreyhwalton: Washington Times Obituary for the late Bishop John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@markdtooley: RT @Mark_Kellner: BREAKING: John Shelby #Spong, liberal @episcopalchurch bishop, dies at age 90 - - 3 years ago

@TheIRD: RT @Mark_Kellner: BREAKING: John Shelby #Spong, liberal @episcopalchurch bishop, dies at age 90 - - 3 years ago

@TheIRD: RT @jeffreyhwalton: Washington Times Obituary for the late Bishop John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@liszt_ferenc: Episcopal Church Bishop John Shelby Spong died. “The path to hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and… - 3 years ago

@judsontaylor: John Shelby Spong dies at age 90: “I do not believe that God is a Being sitting above the clouds pulling strings. I… - 3 years ago

@JustDaveJones: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@Xcntrik: RT @RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong never retreated… - 3 years ago

@AnglicanCouncil: RT @jeffreyhwalton: Washington Times Obituary for the late Bishop John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@SugamoSeisen: RT @RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong never retreated… - 3 years ago

@ars_boots: Anyone attempting to do a Discourse over John Shelby Spong right now ought to read Matthew 7:5 again, that is all - 3 years ago

@lesliethomas1: John Shelby Spong passed from this world this morning. I am so grateful that I became aware of his writings just a… - 3 years ago

@cczarnecki: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@BarbaraMcDWhitt: When I tweeted this I did not know that Bishop John Shelby Spong had died peacefully in his sleep this morning, Sep… - 3 years ago

@NotThat_JC: RT @ReligionProf: Breaking news: John Shelby Spong has died. - 3 years ago

@jelliottlein: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.” A most… - 3 years ago

@EstherOfReilly: So under the circumstances I realize it might be considered tasteless to post that Firing Line debate with John She… - 3 years ago

@NotThat_JC: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@NotThat_JC: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@ElGranSenglar: Ah fuck. John Shelby Spong died - 3 years ago

@taymoss: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@PoliSciChic: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@RunnymedeCap: Grateful to have known the very sharp and always thoughtful Jack Spong… a life well lived. Listen to his 2017 inte… - 3 years ago

@johnny_pumpkin: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@servetus: RT @mxreese1701: I grew up aware of John Shelby Spong due to constant news coverage of him in NJ local news and my dad’s constantly shaking… - 3 years ago

@p3rlucidus: #RiPBishopSpong - 3 years ago

@StevenWHunter: Just learned about the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Whether you agreed or disagreed with him, Spong's work… - 3 years ago

@awgonnerman: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@ThaRealSamIO: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@big_chief82: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@RNS: “An unabashed provocateur in the fierce debates over sexuality that split many churches, including his own, Spong n… - 3 years ago

@CreatedGay: RT @whosoeverdotorg: God has called a great one home. We mourn the passing and celebrate the ministry of the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, wh… - 3 years ago

@_stuckings: RT @ye_littlefaith: I’m sorry to hear of the passing of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Here’s my favorite quote from Bishop Spong: “The church… - 3 years ago

@ABActivist: RT @whosoeverdotorg: God has called a great one home. We mourn the passing and celebrate the ministry of the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, wh… - 3 years ago

@KarlRunser: RT @CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collision with… - 3 years ago

@kcherwien: Sad news. John Shelby Spong had significant influence on my own theology. Grace and peace to all who mourn him, pa… - 3 years ago

@JimRlshyde: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@VictoriaGaile: RT @CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collision with… - 3 years ago

@RevJSS: Bishop John Shelby Spong helped me re-embrace the Gospel of John with his book, "The Fourth Gospel." May he rest in… - 3 years ago

@arayabaker: Life after death: Hell was invented by Church to 'control' people, claims retired bishop - 3 years ago

@arayabaker: John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop, dies at age 90 - 3 years ago

@rascality: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@NateKidren: John Shelby Spong died today at 90. I truly hope he found the real Jesus Christ and repented. - 3 years ago

@timmah41: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@Jahaza: RT @RyanNDanker: John Shelby Spong dead at 90. - 3 years ago

@DCMandarin: RT @KaraNSlade: I pray for the repose of the soul of the Rt Rev John Shelby Spong, eighth bishop of Newark and formerly rector of St Joseph… - 3 years ago

@jeffreyhwalton: Washington Times Obituary for the late Bishop John Shelby Spong. - 3 years ago

@jazzpastord: RT @CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collision with… - 3 years ago

@GeorgeReeves94: Very sad to hear that John Shelby Spong has died. He was an important guide on my journey of faith as I moved away… - 3 years ago

@mackenzian: RT @CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collision with… - 3 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: John Shelby Spong, you will be missed - #JohnShelbySpong #John #ShelbySpong #rip - 3 years ago

@1Hilaryjlk: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@Revsparrow: @ShalomSpiritual @IrRevrant John Shelby Spong went home to his Creator today after 90 years on this planet, where h… - 3 years ago

@bfitzinAR: RT @pastorjkljoiner: Not sure what to say about his death except that his writings had a HUGE influence on me. Especially my understanding… - 3 years ago

@scottmrennie: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@JenniSpin: Huge loss. - 3 years ago

@8proxies: RT @DJGrieser: One of the towering figures in @iamepiscopalian history over the last half-century has died: Bishop John Shelby Spong. An ar… - 3 years ago

@cru52: RT @GuthrieGF: The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, one of the most influential theologians of liberal Protestantism, died today. He was 90. htt… - 3 years ago

@8proxies: RT @whosoeverdotorg: God has called a great one home. We mourn the passing and celebrate the ministry of the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, wh… - 3 years ago

@derekwebb: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@8proxies: RT @RScottPaint: My congregation includes a cadre of folks who are still in the church, still walking in faith, because of the ministry & w… - 3 years ago

@JoshNoehring: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@CathyAnnOfen: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@David_Pollard4: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@CrystalLewis: RIP to John Shelby Spong, one of my favorite writers and liberal Christian thinkers. His work was my first collisio… - 3 years ago

@jacobjerickson: RT @WestarInstitute: News has come to us that Westar scholar Bishop John Shelby Spong died peacefully in his sleep at his home this morning… - 3 years ago

@KCBrickley: One of my heroes died today. Rest in power, Bishop John Shelby Spong. You changed my life for the better. - 3 years ago

@victor_fubi: RT @BrandanJR: May God bless the memory and impact of Bishop John Shelby Spong. Now absent from the body, but present in the arms of Eterna… - 3 years ago

@RevJDubya: RT @dwcongdon: RIP John Shelby Spong. You deserved better from the ranks of the theologians and clergy. - 3 years ago

@8proxies: RT @RealMikeMorrell: "I will not surrender the truth I believe I find in Jesus, either to those who seek to defend the indefensible or to t… - 3 years ago

@8proxies: RT @abravefaith: 'Nobody else can offer what you have to offer, and the only way you can worship God is by daring to be all that you can be… - 3 years ago

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