When the Good Book Isn’t Good
Eric Seibert has written a guest post on Pete Enns’ blog in which he says things like this:[I]f we are going to keep the Bible from harming others, we need to learn to have problems with it. We need to...
View ArticleFreedom of Expression and Religion
Butler University’s Seminar on Religion and World Civilization public lecture series for the coming year is on the topic “Freedom of Expression and Religion.” If you click through, you will see that...
View ArticleThe God Box
The image is from a post on Pete Enns’ blog, in which he explores a common false antithesis between critical scholarly and high-inerrantist-believing views of the Bible. Thinking about the Bible as the...
View ArticleThe Message of Scripture (When We Don’t Flatten It)
Discussing (on Facebook) Pete Enns’ recent post on Canaanite genocide and the diversity of views in the Bible, I wrote the following, and thought I’d share it here too:Perhaps the key is that reading...
View ArticleThe Most Honest Places in Town
“Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest place in town.”– Walter BruggemanPete Enns shared the above quote in a post that highlights the psalms of lament. The Bible, taken as...
View ArticleThe Godless Meteorological Conspiracy
Pete Enns linked to a blog post that makes a point I’ve often made here. If you are going to oppose evolution on the grounds that it embraces naturalism, then by golly you’ve got to really get upset...
View ArticleThe Hero of Our Own Story
I am grateful to Brandon Withrow for making a guest appearance in my course on religion and freedom of expression yesterday. He and Menachem Wecker have a forthcoming book, Consider No Evil, focusing...
View ArticleMachen League Baseball
Tonight was the final public lecture in our series at Butler University about religion and freedom of expression. The two presenters were Pete Enns and Steve Sanders. Steve spoke about the nature of...
View ArticleApologetics, Faith, and Pride
The quote comes from a guest post on Pete Enns’ blog, in which Randy Hardman tells the story of why he left the pursuit of apologetics as a vocation.
View ArticleThe Bible We Actually Have
The quote from Chris Keith is taken from his contribution to Pete Enns’ series about Biblical scholars’ “aha” moments.In almost but not entirely unrelated news, see Hemant Mehta’s post about a...
View ArticleAt Some Point God Stops Making Sense
Pete Enns’ blog has moved. Above, and below, is a sample from a new post on his blog in its new location:At the end of the day the human thought process can only get you so far when it comes to God.At...
View ArticleThe Message is to You
In the spiritual life, there aren’t too many absolutes I can make, but this is certainly one. On the spiritual journey, the message is always to you. The message is always telling you to change.Now,...
View ArticleTrust God, Not the Bible
Here is a larger excerpt from the blog post from which the quote comes:Here’s a common issue that comes up in classes, when I am out speaking, or when I get emails and comments on blog posts I...
View ArticleFaith is not Certainty
A quote from Pete Enns’ blog post about Jesus’ lack of faith. Click through to read the rest of it. On this theme see further his recent book, The Sin of Certainty.
View ArticleThe Most Honest Places in Town
“Churches should be the most honest place in town, not the happiest place in town.” — Walter Bruggeman Pete Enns shared the above quote in a post that highlights the psalms of lament. The Bible, taken...
View ArticleThe Godless Meteorological Conspiracy
Pete Enns linked to a blog post that makes a point I’ve often made here. If you are going to oppose evolution on the grounds that it embraces naturalism, then by golly you’ve got to really get upset...
View ArticleThe Hero of Our Own Story
I am grateful to Brandon Withrow for making a guest appearance in my course on religion and freedom of expression yesterday. He and Menachem Wecker have a forthcoming book, Consider No Evil, focusing...
View ArticleMachen League Baseball
Tonight was the final public lecture in our series at Butler University about religion and freedom of expression. The two presenters were Pete Enns and Steve Sanders. Steve spoke about the nature of...
View ArticleApologetics, Faith, and Pride
The quote comes from a guest post on Pete Enns’ blog, in which Randy Hardman tells the story of why he left the pursuit of apologetics as a vocation.
View ArticleThe Bible We Actually Have
The quote from Chris Keith is taken from his contribution to Pete Enns’ series about Biblical scholars’ “aha” moments. In almost but not entirely unrelated news, see Hemant Mehta’s post about a...
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