BLOGGING TOWARD SUNDAY…

I hope these quotes will inspire you to buy the book! Here’s more food for thought:

…No religion can, in the last analysis, ever really be about proper beliefs and proper practices. Those are only the artifacts of religious power. Religion has to be about the enhancement of life through love. Religious rules are sacred only if they serve to enhance life….Every act, whether it be individual or corporate, must be judged as right or wrong based solely on whether it enhances or diminishes the life of another. If my action diminishes another, it also diminishes me. A diminished life is never the place where holiness will be found. (Spong, op. cit. pp. 161-162).

Notice the constant emphasis on action over belief, as well as the eternal truth that because Jesus himself is quoted as saying, “I am come that they might have life, and more abundantly,” the impact of our actions for good or ill can always be judged in terms of enhancement or diminishment of one’s life. Maybe realizing that will make us much more careful with our words, at the very least.

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