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Bible Myth #4: Rejecting Biblical inerrancy leads us down “the slippery slope” to losing our faith

By Peter Watts | Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical genocide, Biblical inerrancy, Biblical violence, Escapist theologies, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Self-made project | Comments are Closed | 6 September, 2023 | 6

At this point in the 10 Bible Myth series, someone who still believes in Biblical inerrancy may feel compelled to say, “Well Peter, if you begin questioning the Bible and Biblical inerrancy, where does it stop? It’s just a matter of time before you start compromising on other things in the Bible until there’s nothingRead more

Bible Myth #2: The Bible doesn’t contradict itself

By Peter Watts | Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical genocide, Biblical inerrancy, Biblical violence, Evolving faith, Following Jesus, Forgiveness, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, God who risks, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Roman crucifixion, Sacrifice, Self-made project, Servant project | Comments are Closed | 7 August, 2023 | 5

Is that true? Are there no contradictions in the Bible? For most Christians who grew up with the Biblical inerrancy view, they were taught that none of the books of the Bible have errors or contradictions. None. Apparent contradictions are not real; they only seem like contradictions. Conveniently, there’s always a good reason for them that canRead more

10 myths Christians believe about the Bible that are misguided

By Peter Watts | Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical inerrancy, Biblical violence, Christian hope, Evolving faith, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, Jesus, Learning and growing, Risk theology, Spiritual journey, Stories | Comments are Closed | 15 July, 2023 | 7

Have you ever wondered if the assumptions you’ve had about the Bible don’t really match with how you approach any other topic in life? Maybe they’re a bit outdated? Perhaps even unethical and unhealthy to cling to any longer?   In today’s post, I want to present 10 myths about the Bible that many ChristiansRead more

Questions and answers about the atonement

By Peter Watts | Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Biblical violence, Evangelicalism, Evolving faith, Following Jesus, Forgiveness, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, God who risks, Jesus, Learning and growing, Power & authority, Risk theology, Roman crucifixion, Sacrifice, Servant project, Stories | Comments are Closed | 30 June, 2022 | 14

I hope you have enjoyed the series on the atonement so far. In this final post, I want to answer some of the most difficult questions about the atonement that have come up in my journey over the last twenty years. Some of them came up while listening to sermons at church, some while doingRead more

7 Bible stories you think you know but don’t

By Peter Watts | Bible, Biblical violence, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, Jesus | Comments are Closed | 19 June, 2022 | 9

We’re half-way through the FaithRethink Series focusing on the atonement of Jesus. Some of you have been holding out for Cruciform: How the death of Jesus on a Roman cross changes everything where I will share the atonement theology I subscribe to. For now, I want to pick up from where we left off. InRead more

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Christian Zionism misses the entire point of Jesus’ mission: A reflection on Jewish and Arab Palestinian History

By Peter Watts | American history, Bible, Biblical violence, Christian hope, Escapist theologies, Following Jesus | Comments are Closed | 30 May, 2021 | 8

The author of this blog reflection acknowledges that the wars and conflicts in the Middle East in general and in Palestine in particular are complicated, often nuanced, with varying interpretations within both the Jewish Israeli and Arab Palestinian communities. This reflection offers a perspective that is often neglected or unheard of by Americans and AmericanRead more

Violent insurrectionists

January 6: The Violent Insurrection at the US Capitol

By Peter Watts | American history, Asking questions, Biblical violence, Power & authority | Comments are Closed | 3 February, 2021 | 16

In the last blog, we looked at The Big Lie about widespread voter fraud that President Trump continued to push in the months leading up to the election and in the following weeks after it. We considered how this lie was successful enough to persuade 72% of Republican voters even after the election. We alsoRead more

What to do with genocide and other violence in the Bible?

By Peter Watts | Biblical inerrancy, Biblical violence, God in the face of Jesus | Comments are Closed | 30 July, 2019 | 2

The Bible says what? If you have ever spent any significant time reading through the pages of the Bible, you have probably come across verses that made you cringe. Especially the ones that make God appear like a violent vindictive tyrant. “God said what?” “God did what?” Many serious good-hearted Christians have asked these sameRead more

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