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Rainbows, Gold Lamé, and Jesus
What This Evangelical Mom Learned at her First Pride I attended my first Pride festival in 2019, and no one […]
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Top 10 B4NP Podcast Episodes of All Time
As you’ve probably heard, we’re moving to our bi-weekly podcast schedule for the summer. Just in case you’ll miss us, […]
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A Missing Angle on the Evangelical Struggle with Evolution
Protestant Evangelical theology continues to struggle with the fact of evolution. Why? One reason is that the groundwork of Evangelical […]
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Relationship Status with the Rules in the Bible: It’s Complicated
I find so many Christians who have a complicated and inconsistent relationship with moral rules. I have found that’s partly […]
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Does Your God Recycle?
This blog post is taken, more or less as is, from my book How The Bible Actually Works. You can […]
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Doubt: It’s Not Cool or Hipster, but Sacred
Being “saved” by God is an ongoing process of growth and transformation, of dying and rising, of being “conformed to […]
Continue ReadingSo, here’s the thing. When we read any piece of literature that deals with the past, we are actually dealing with two kinds of pasts: the past of the event and the past of the author. Keep reading. This isn’t boring. When it comes to the Bible, in my experience, […]
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“Aha” Moments: Biblical Scholars Tell Their Stories – Pete Enns
Following my last post, here is the first installment of a series – biblical scholars from evangelical backgrounds telling their stories about […]
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Dealing With the Bible: A Conversation Between Then and Now.
So, here’s my point. There is virtually nothing in the Bible that doesn’t look very similar to what we know […]
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Did the Exodus Story Really Happen?
This blog post was adapted from my recent YouTube video. Good question, and the answer isn’t straightforward. On the positive […]
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The “Pete Ruins Christmas” Series: Jesus the Jewish King
Many of you no doubt are familiar with this Christmas hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: O come, O come, […]
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The Law of Love
In the Bible scholars often talk of two kinds of law: apodictic and casuistic. These are part of a collection […]
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Author Spotlight: John Sanders
Today’s author is John Sanders and the book is Embracing Prodigals: Overcoming Authoritative Religion by Embodying Jesus’ Nurturing Grace. John […]
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God is Not A Being
A God whose existence or nonexistence you can argue is a thing beside others within the universe of existing things. […]
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Author Spotlight: Drew Hart
Today’s author is Dr. Drew Hart and the book is Who Will Be A Witness? Dr. Drew G. I. Hart […]
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Does the Bible Give Us Access to Absolute Truth?
No. Thanks everyone for coming to my TED talk. Alright fine, I’ll say a little more. Ever since my book […]
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A Pilgrimage to Understanding the Biblical World Better
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott (Ph.D., The University of Sheffield, England) is an Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Leadership and […]
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Author Spotlight: Megan Westra
Today’s author is Megan Westra and the book is Born Again and Again. Megan Westra is a dynamic and passionate public speaker, […]
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On Speaking the Truth in Love
An Excerpt from Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps us From Loving Like Jesus If we want […]
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