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Apparently 2020 is the Year of the Bible

2020 has the honor of being “The Year of the Bible,” at least according to Bible 2020, a global Evangelical organization, including the National Association of Evangelicals, World Evangelical Alliance, and the International Bible Society. Some of us may remember the last time we had such a year, in 1983 […]

Apparently 2020 is the Year of the Bible

Reading Someone Else’s Mail

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

We got a new mail carrier some time ago, and I keep getting letters that are clearly intended for someone […]

Anti-Expertism: I Sort of Get It but I Don’t

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

I have a confession to make. I don’t always know how to handle over-confident, critical comments made to me online […]

Author Spotlight: Brad Jersak

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]

What Does Jesus Mean By Fulfilling the Law?

By Jared Byas, M.A.

Jesus begins his famous Sermon on the Mount with this: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish […]

“Searchers”: The Ignored Demographic of Spiritual Secularists (Guest Post)

By Guest

Aaron Bjerke is planting a church in NYC out of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Having been an Assistant Pastor there for seven […]

Church as It Should Be—What I Am Taking with Me from the Evolving Faith Conference

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

I spent the weekend in Denver—the place of no humidity—at the 2nd Evolving Faith conference, and of which I hope […]

Faith and Science: What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Guest Post)

By Guest

Paul Wallace teaches physics and astronomy at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga, and serves as Pastor for Adult Education at First Baptist Church of Decatur. He writes and speaks at the intersection of faith and science, a topic that often gets bogged down in conflict, jargon, and pointy-headedness. He […]

Faith and Science: What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Guest Post)

Tiptoeing Around the Touchy Almighty

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

This blog series is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. You […]

Remembering Rachel

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

Friends, Monday is our usual day for airing our weekly podcast episode and the obligatory social media posts, but the […]

Does Your God Recycle?

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

This blog post is taken, more or less as is, from my latest book How The Bible Actually Works. Should […]

A Thought about Easter and the Bizarre Christian Faith

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

I have no problem saying—in fact, I think is it good and healthy to say—that I have, and have always […]

Using Truth as a Weapon

By Jared Byas, M.A.

Just a few weeks ago the Methodist Church, which represents over 12 Million Christians in America, met in St. Louis, […]

Can the Bible Be “Trusted” and What Does That Even Mean?

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

The Bible bears the marks of the messiness of the diverse human drama. Christian theology, if it wishes to be compelling and speak into people’s lives, needs to incorporate that fact, not shy away from it.