The Sin of Certainty, with Peter Enns [MIPodcast #54]

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Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 September 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Perhaps you’ve experienced moments of doubt about your religious faith. Or maybe you’re one of the people who find doubt to be a more frequent companion in your spiritual life. Either way, doubt can be unsettling and uncomfortable. Biblical scholar Peter Enns suggests that part of the problem is that many Christians have come to prize certainty as a hallmark of true faith in God. His new book is called The Sin of Certainty. Drawing on history, scripture, and personal experiences, Enns argues that believers can handle the most difficult questions if they stop needing to be right all the time and instead focus more on trusting God. “Doubt,” he writes, “is only the enemy of faith when we equate faith with certainty.” About Peter Enns Peter Enns is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. His books include Inspiration and Incarnation, The Bible Tells Me So, and The Evolution of Adam. His most recent book is called The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our “Correct” Beliefs.

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0:00.0	It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:05.4	I'm Blair Hodges.
0:07.3	Perhaps you've experienced moments of doubt about your faith,
0:10.5	or maybe you're one of the people who finds doubt to be more of a frequent companion in your spiritual life.
0:15.9	Piblical scholar Peter N. suggests that part of the problem is many Christians have come to prize certainty
0:21.7	as a hallmark of true faith in God. His new book is called The Sin of Certainty. Drawing
0:27.2	on history, scripture, and personal experiences, ends argues that believers can handle the
0:30.9	most difficult questions if they stop needing to be right all the time and instead focus more
0:35.8	on trusting God.
0:42.1	Doubt, he writes, is only the enemy of faith when we equate faith with certainty.
0:47.3	The book is The Sin of Certainty. The author is Peter ends on this episode of the Maxwell Institute podcast. Send questions and comments to MI Podcast at bYU.edu, and don't forget to rate
0:53.3	the show in iTunes.
0:59.6	We're here with Peter Ends.
1:01.1	He's the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, and that's in St.
1:06.0	David's Pennsylvania.
1:07.1	He's a nationally recognized speaker.
1:08.7	He's written a number of books, including Inspiration and Incarnation, which recently had a 10-year anniversary and was published in a new
1:15.2	edition. We've spoken with him before on the podcast about his book, The Bible Tells Me So,
1:19.6	but today we're talking about his new book, The Sin of Certainty, Why God Desires Our Trust,
1:25.1	more than our correct beliefs. Thanks for taking the time to do this, Pete.
1:29.1	Sure, Blair, yeah.
1:30.3	Have you told the good people where we are right now?
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