The Bible Tells Me So

Posted on 10 April 2018 by Peter Enns

The controversial Bible scholar and author of The Evolution of Adam recounts his transformative spiritual journey in which he discovered a new, honest way to love and appreciate God s Word.Trained as an evangelical Bible scholar, Peter Enns loved the Scriptures and shared his devotion, teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary But the further he studied the Bible, the he found himself confronted by questions that could neither be answered within the rigid framework of his religious instruction or accepted among the conservative evangelical community.Rejecting the increasingly complicated intellectual games used by conservative Christians to protect the Bible, Enns was conflicted Is this what God really requires How could God s plan for divine inspiration mean ignoring what is really written in the Bible These questions eventually cost Enns his job but they also opened a new spiritual path for him to follow The Bible Tells Me So chronicles Enns s spiritual odyssey, how he came to see beyond restrictive doctrine and learned to embrace God s Word as it is actually written As he explores questions progressive evangelical readers of Scripture commonly face yet fear voicing, Enns reveals that they are the very questions that God wants us to consider the essence of our spiritual study. Download The Bible Tells Me So Author Peter Enns – kino-fada.fr You think with my five stars, I d be saying that everyone should read this book I don t think everyone can handle this book And yes, I feel a bit like Jack Nicholson in that best known scene from A Few Good Men So let me say I wish everyone could read this book Enns completely rattles the Evangelical paradigm of the Bible, while both claiming to be an Evangelical and claiming that the Bible is absolutely the Word of God This book is written on a...Having grown up in churches that view the inerrancy of Scripture as a fundamental doctrine, I always found some of its content a little difficult to stomach I studied apologetics, which should have helped, but only made it worse why would God write something in such a way that it seems so contradictory with both itself and science, and requires all this head twisting logic to sort of justify The problem in my mind was that if you drop scriptural inerrancy on the floor, what are you left w Having grown up in churches that view the inerrancy of Scripture as a fundamental doctrine, I always found some of its content a little difficult to stomach I studied apologetics, which should have helped, but only made it worse why would God write something in such a way that it seems so contradictory with both itself and science, and requires all this head twisting logic to sort of justify The problem in my mind was that if you drop scriptural inerrancy on the floor, what are you left with as authoritative If you view the Bible as a bunch of stories told by ancient tribes, how do you keep Christianity from devolving into ...Fantastic book If you ve ever wondered how to read the Bible like Jesus, here s your answer in a fun, easy to read publication Peter Enns takes you on a walk through the Bible, pointing out how impossible it is to read it as either a history book or a rulebook Eventually, he winds up in the New Testament giving examples of how Jesus himself interpreted scripture in his day the Jewish way, which emphasized creative en...I bought this book so I could study what exactly is WRONG with liberal Christianity Most expensive book i ve picked up in awhile think I paid over 30.00 But I knew it would be an adventure in chaos and stupidity I was not disappointed My goal was to figure out WHAT EXACTLY does Peter Enns believe and how does he justify it And the answer is He doesn t He failed to put any kind of core to his liberal claims on christianity...The Bible Tells Me So was a frustrating read for me Its central premise is so promising and necessary that I couldn t bedisappointed in how that premise gets treated here Instead of writing a screed, I m going to highlight both positive and negative aspects I should note here that this is my first experience with Enns I went into it aware that he is an OT scholar, having written commentaries and other academic works I am fully open to the idea that he may treat this subject withThe Bible Tells Me So wa...Biblical literalism is a fairly recent phenomenon It s not how scholars historically understood the Bible Peter Enns explains this in a way the average Joe can understand Yay, Peter Enns Karen Armstrong also sums it up wellBefore the modern period, Jews, Christians and Muslims all relished highly allegorical interpretations of Scripture The word of God was infinite and could not be tied down to a single interpretation Preoccupation with literal truth is a product of the scientific revol Biblical literalism is a fairly recent phenomenon It s not how scholars histor...I picked up this book looking for a challenging perspective on Bible interpretation I enjoy reading viewpoints that differ from my own, especially when they bring up inconsistencies or difficulties that need to be wrestled with In one sense, that s exactly what Peter Enns did But there were some logical and stylistic issues that made it impossible for me to truly res...DISCLOSURE I received this book free from the publisher via the Goodreads first reads program.I am not really the intended audience for this book This book is aimed at Christians, mostly mainline sorts, who are troubled by the contradictions and speedbumps of the Bible and thus tempted to either stop thinking or embrace fundamentalism.I m an atheist But the subject of theology interests me, and certainly I have some interest in how Christianity is practiced The religion isn t going anywhere, DISCLOSURE I received this book free from the publisher via the Goodreads first reads program.I am not really the intended audience for this book This book is aimed at Christians, mostly mainline sorts, who are troubled by the contradictions and speedbumps of the Bible and thus tempted to either stop thinking or embrace fundamentalism.I m an atheist But the subject of theology interests me, and certainly I have some interest in how Christianity is practiced The religion isn t going anywhere, and it shapes a lot of the culture around me I certainly benefit from a Christianity based in reason and compatible with reality.So I recommend this book to any Christians who might be looking for a better understanding of the Bible, an accessible, humorous primer on theology, with glimpses in...This is the most helpful post evangelical book I have encountered so far Peter Enns seems to have spied on my thoughts and written a book that speaks to me exactly where I am, and where I imagine a lot of Christians on the far side of a faith crisis find themselves holding contradictory beliefs in tension, aware that the approach to faith they used to take won t cut it any but unsure of what to do next I ve known for a while, for example, that there were serious moral and historical pro This is the most helpful post evangelical book I have encountered so far Peter Enns seems to have spied on my thoughts and written a book that speaks to me exactly where I am, and where I imagine a lot of Christians on the far side of a faith crisis find themselves holding contradictory beliefs in tension, aware that the approach to faith they used to take won t cut it any but unsure of what to do next I ve known for a while, for example, that there were serious moral and historical problems with pretty much the entire book of Joshua If challenged, I would not have attempted some half hearted defense of the historicity or ethicality of the Canaanite genocide, but if I had been asked what my inability to defend these narratives meant for my approach to the Bible as a whole, I would have shrugged, said something about how scripture is inspired b...I read this and Encounters with Jesus back to back and it was like throwing a car going 90 miles an hour of a cliff suddenly into reverse I think the transmission dropped out of my brain.With Timothy Keller I was constantly banging my head as he made overly broad assertions with blithe confidence With Enns I wondered why he still thinks the Bible is so important or that God gave it to us when most everything in it was wrong or made up.Keller was always very polite and gentle, even when or esp I read this and Encounters with Jesus back to back and it was like throwing a car going 90 miles an hour of a cliff suddenly into reverse I think the transmission dropped out of my brain.With Timothy Keller I was constantly banging my head as he made overly broad assertions with blithe confidence With Enns I wondered why he still thinks the Bible is so important or that God gave it to us when most everything in it was wrong or made up.Keller was always very polite and gentle, even when or especially when advancing readings of scripture that usually result in oppr...

10 April 2018

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