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The Bible For Normal People

Episode 152: Pete Enns - What Makes Christianity Different?

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We’re back with Season 5! On this episode, Pete shares what makes Christianity distinct for him. He discusses the beginning of the Jesus movement, explains how New Testament writers probably understood their faith, and how first century Christians made sense of Jesus’ crucifixion.  Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Bible for Normal People, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.

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I'm Pete Ends.

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And I'm Jared Bias.

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We are excited to bring you the launch of season five of the podcast, the Bible for Normal People

0:13.6

in just a minute. But before we do that, we also have something else really exciting to share

0:17.9

that also available now is the second book in our series Exodus for Normal People,

0:23.2

written by none other than the great Peter Ends, which is out now. So you can go to

0:27.9

the Bible for NormalPeople.com and there on the homepage, you'll find more information about it.

0:32.0

Or you can just go directly to Amazon. You can pick up a print copy there or the e-book version,

0:37.6

which you can also find at Barnes and Noble and other places online. So just head to the Bible for

0:42.8

NormalPeople.com. Check out Exodus for Normal People if you'd like a introduction and guide

0:48.5

to the second book of the Bible written in a way that everyone can understand no PhDs necessary.

0:53.9

All right, now back to the launch of season five of the podcast.

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Hello everybody. Well, today's topic is one that I think about a lot.

1:04.0

And I get asked about often, but you know, I'm just sort of like feeling my way through it. I'm trying

1:09.9

to figure out, I'm trying to get a sense with this. And the topic is what makes Christianity

1:15.3

different from other religions. Now, in a way, all religions are different from each other anyway.

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So laying out the differences of one of those religions doesn't mean that religion,

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Christianity, is absolutely unique. And it doesn't mean it's made better by those differences.

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Now, I'm just making a point of this because behind the question of what makes Christianity different

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is more often than not another question, which is what makes Christianity better or more true

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or right. Now, that's not a topic I'm interested in getting into because it can't be answered.

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