What if we are wrong about the Bible and the Bible’s true purpose? What if the Bible is not actually a holy rule book whose main function is to provide clear and unambiguous answers to every aspect of truth and life? What if instead its main function is to lead us to wisdom? In Peter Enns’ insightful andRead more
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Asking questions, Bible, Biblical genocide, Biblical inerrancy, Evolving faith, God in the questions, Learning and growing | Comments are Closed | 16 March, 2024 | 8
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Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Following Jesus, God in the questions, Learning and growing, Power & authority | Comments are Closed | 27 September, 2023 | 10
Today’s Myth suggests that Christians should never question the Bible. You may recall that I dealt with aspects of this myth in a previous post, but I thought it worth restating here alongside some new content. What is meant by questioning the Bible? When Christian leaders and others claim that “Christians should never questionRead more
Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Bible, Evolving faith, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, God in the questions, Jesus, Learning and growing, Spiritual journey | Comments are Closed | 22 September, 2023 | 7
Trusting God is such a huge topic with multiple intersections with other spiritual faith and Bible topics. I do not claim to have it all figured out. What I do offer here in this post are some starting points that may help shape the conversation in a constructive way. How Myth 5 is supposedRead more
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
Asking questions, Bible, Biblical inerrancy, God in the questions, God who risks, Learning and growing, Open theism, Risk theology, Spiritual journey | Comments are Closed | 15 August, 2023 | 7
So the originals are inspired, but not the copies? The theory goes something like this. Long ago, God inspired the writing of the original documents (also called autographs) of the Bible. Meaning, copies (also called manuscripts) of those original documents are not what God inspired. It was the original documents only. The problem is thatRead more
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
American history, Asking questions, Bible, Biblical inerrancy, Evolving faith, God in the questions, Learning and growing, Spiritual journey, Stories | Comments are Closed | 17 July, 2023 | 6
In other words, for any of the Bible to be true and without error, all of the Bible must be true and without error. For many Christians, this assumption is attached to what is called the doctrine of Biblical inspiration. This view assumes that God led holy men in the distant past to writeRead more
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
Asking questions, Bible, God in the questions, Spiritual journey, Stories | Comments are Closed | 25 December, 2022 | 10
Imagine you are a Hebrew living in the 2nd century BCE in Israel. You are currently under occupation by a foreign nation. The remnants of the former Greek empire had invaded the land of your forefathers a century earlier. Judaism was eventually outlawed, and an alter was erected in your temple to the Greek godRead more
