Save the date for George Harper Expanding Faith Lectures with
Guest Lecturer Bishop John Shelby Spong
Bishop Spong will lecture on themes from his 2009 book
Eternal Life: A New Vision - LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE
Friday, September 28 (Evening)
Lecture 1: Why Life after Death has become so problematic
Saturday, September 29 (Morning)
Lecture 2: Looking at Life before Death for Clues
Lecture 3: Why I believe in Life beyond Death
Sunday, September 30 (8:30 and 11 AM)
Sermon: John's Story of the Cross: Not Atonement but Glorification
Gospel Lesson: John 14:1-14
Based On Recent Book by John Shelby Spong: About Eternal Life, Bishop Spong says:
“The biblical character Job asked: ‘If a man (or a woman) dies, will he (or she) live again?’. My answer is ‘Yes’! Now let me take you on the journey that I have walked, which took me both beyond religion, and even beyond Christianity, as it is traditionally understood, but a journey that has brought me to a new vision of eternity, to the place where I can give that ‘yes’ answer to Job’s question with both conviction and integrity”.
About Bishop Spong’s book Eternal Life: A New Vision, others have said:
“His courage, candor and intense awareness are unique gifts to people both inside and outside Christianity at this critical time in human and planetary history”
“Fear of death is the most fundamental fear of human existence. The only way it can be conquered is through knowledge and experience of your eternal being. Eternal Life: A New Vision is an elegant invitation to find this part of yourself and be liberated.”
“In Spong’s perpetual quest for truth and knowledge, he has transformed the enigmatic cosmic energy of the ‘big bang’ into an afterglow of human hope for the ages.
You do not want to miss “Eternal Life”.
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