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The Great Unbiblical Political Error of White American Evangelicalism

White Evangelicalism’s overwhelming support for Donald Trump continues to be a source of bewilderment, if not exasperation, among Christians of a wider swath. The president’s well documented moral corruption, both personal and professional, are undeniable. This certainly puts Evangelicals in a tight spot: how to defend a president whom they […]

The Great Unbiblical Political Error of White American Evangelicalism

Why God Isn’t Always Behind Our Successes or Failures (Thankfully)

By Jared Byas, M.A.

There is a karma-like understanding in the Bible that we find particularly in the book of Deuteronomy. If you do […]

Resources for Justice

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

Rather than air our regularly scheduled episode, we felt it was important to step back and promote educational resources by […]

Author Spotlight: Zack Hunt

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

Today’s author is Zack Hunt and the book is Unraptured: How End Times Theology Gets It Wrong. Zack Hunt is […]

Pete’s Bible Trivia Bonanza #12 — Jeremiah Didn’t Have a Pentateuch

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

The prophet Jeremiah lived during the time when the Babylonians invaded Judah (beginning in 597 BCE) and then captured Jerusalem […]

Reading the Bible With Mutual Respect

By Jared Byas, M.A.

I don’t know about you but I grew up with this nagging thought in the back of my mind when […]

Rachel Held Evans and Her God

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

I am thinking about Rachel’s passing a year ago, along with many of you. I continue to mourn the tremendous […]

Author Spotlight: Melissa Florer-Bixler

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 I don’t have time to get to most of them but I’m tired of being dumb”? Yup. So have we. There are so many great thinkers and great books out […]

Author Spotlight: Melissa Florer-Bixler

Rachel Is Weeping for Her Children

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 can […]

Don’t Put God in a Box, Unless You Want to Be Swallowed by a Fish

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 can […]

Making Sense of the God of Old in a 546-Sextillion-Mile-In-Diameter Universe

By Pete Enns, Ph.D.

We are all making sense of God – and many of us have looked to the Bible to do that. […]

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 can […]

Remembering Rachel

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.