Etiqueta: Bible

  • My Take: The 3 biggest biblical misconceptions

    Editor’s note: John Shelby Spong, a former Episcopal bishop of Newark, New Jersey, is author of «Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World.» By John Shelby Spong, Special to CNN The Bible is both a reservoir of spiritual insight and a cultural icon to which lip service is still paid in the Western world. Yet when the…

  • Actually, that’s not in the Bible

    By John Blake, CNN (CNN) – NFL legend Mike Ditka was giving a news conference one day after being fired as the coach of the Chicago Bears when he decided to quote the Bible. “Scripture tells you that all things shall pass,” a choked-up Ditka said after leading his team to only five wins during the previous…

  • Why Culture Matters

      Why Culture Matters https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181353/https://judolphinmedia.com/14437/editorial/the-oldest-enemy-of-civilization/ In September of 2006, in Lewisburg, Tennessee, a neighborhood group protested because the public library was investing resources in the purchase of books in Spanish.  Of the sixty thousand volumes, only one thousand were published in a language other than English.  The annual budget, totalling thirteen thousand dollars, dedicates the…