Into the Wardrobe

darinka, Adam has described Spong as highly revisionist. Just how revisionist is suggested by the title of one of his books: Why Christianity Must Change or Die. I feel that Spong asks some interesting and worthwhile questions about Christianity. However, many of his answers I haven’t found all that convincing. If you should want to learn more about him, you could start with this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shelby_Spong

Yes, I'm grateful for the Reformation. For the most part.

The hardest part for me about celebrating Luther's legacy is not his anti-Catholic speeches but his anti-Jewish discourse in "The Jews and Their Lies". He basically wrote one of Hitler's speeches for him.

But while I have some hesitation at the start of singing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" on this account, I go ahead, saying God accepted Luther despite his awful episode of anti-Jewish hate, just as God accepts me despite my many failings.