The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.
John Shelby SpongAnother [book on Matthew] is Amy-Jill Levine, who is a Jewish woman who teaches New Testament at the Vanderbilt School of Religion. It's a group of essays by mostly womanly scholars looking at Matthew's gospel through feminists' eyes - very exciting. It opens up all sorts of things that I've never thought about.
John Shelby SpongInequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.
John Shelby Spong