The Incarnation of God in Jesus

So, how would you respond to John Shelby Spong’s statement taken from his book, Saving Jesus?

“The virgin birth story is no longer taken literally. But the fact is that in the life of Jesus we still believe that there was a literal experience of a living God. Maybe that forces you to rethink God, and if we can stop thinking of God as a great big parent figure up in the sky – a supernatural being who is external to life – and begin to think of God as the life power itself, the power of love itself, the ‘Ground of Being,’ as Paul Tillich described it; which is always emerging in you and me and which emerged in Jesus of Nazareth in some remarkable kind of way.”

Just how important is the virgin birth to your relationship with God?

Those are the questions we will tackle when St. John’s MCC continues our study of Living the Questions during Tuesday Night Bible Study on Tuesday, November 17th, beginning at 6:30 in the Sanctuary. We will hear some of the world’s greatest spiritual thinkers and find a better understanding of how we relate to God and how God relates to us. Join us as we continue with Part III of the Living the Questions series. We will give you all the materials you need to engage in the study. All are welcome.