Peter Enns – The Sin of Certainty

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Judaism, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Pete and Matt L. discuss the uncertainties of faith, of life, and of life with the Bible. We also talk about how Pete has managed the challenge of losing control of his faith. Matt asks Pete his opinion on the ideal of 'knowing what you believe' and on 'always being prepared to give an answer ... about the hope that is in you' (1 Peter 3:15). Pete also talks about the 'slippery slope' of certainty. Finally, Pete addresses three of his favorite OT books for navigating the loss of certainty. And, by the way, Pete was swinging a baseball bat in his study during the interview. I'm glad it wasn't an in-person interview. The post Peter Enns – The Sin of Certainty first appeared on OnScript.

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0:00.0	This is On Script, bringing you conversations about current scholarship on scripture.
0:11.5	We're your host, Matt and Matt. Thanks for listening.
0:17.6	I'm actually, if you need to know, I'm swinging a baseball bat in my study.
0:23.6	Welcome to the OnScript podcast. I'm Matt Lynch, your host for this episode.
0:33.6	I'm joined today with Dr. Peter Endz, professor of biblical studies at Eastern University in
0:38.8	Philadelphia, which is not too far from where I grew up. I grew up about an hour north of there.
0:44.7	Pete blogs regularly at p.dends.com and is the author of numerous books, including The Bible
0:50.0	tells me so, the evolution of Adam, inspiration and incarnation, and just recently, the
0:55.4	sin of certainty, why God desires our trust more than our correct beliefs, published by
1:01.4	Harper Collins, 2016. Pete, thanks so much for joining us.
1:06.6	You bet. Glad to be here.
1:08.4	Pete, I've been tracking your your work not stalking but tracking
1:13.1	your work well the difference right yeah yeah there is establish that up front um i've been tracking
1:19.1	your work for probably i don't know going back like two or three blog sites i can't remember which
1:24.3	you were on at the time but but I was there when IBR Institute for
1:29.4	Biblical Research gave out your book, Inspiration and Incarnation, back in, I don't know what year
1:34.3	that was. It came out in summer of 2005, so that would have been that fall, fall of 2005.
1:41.1	Okay. So you were there?
1:43.7	Yeah, yeah. I was at Sbl that year okay yeah and i got my
1:47.6	free copy which is great and uh not that i wouldn't pay for it was a good book one of the things
1:53.4	that struck me about your work is is a kind of profound concern to get evangelicals and and really all
2:00.5	christians to look honestly at the Bible that we
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