The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It

Peter Enns

Sep 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

The controversial Bible scholar and author of The Evolution of Adam recounts his transformative spiritual journey in which he discovered a new, more honest way to love and appreciate God’s Word.

Trained as an evangelical Bible scholar, Peter Enns loved the Scriptures and shared his devotion, teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary. But the further he studied the Bible, the more he found himself confronted by questions that could neither be answered within the rigid framework of his religious instruction or accepted among the conservative evangelical community.

Rejecting the increasingly complicated intellectual games used by conservative Christians to “protect” the Bible, Enns was conflicted. Is this what God really requires? How could God’s plan for divine inspiration mean ignoring what is really written in the Bible? These questions eventually cost Enns his job—but they also opened a new spiritual path for him to follow.

The Bible Tells Me So chronicles Enns’s spiritual odyssey, how he came to see beyond restrictive doctrine and learned to embrace God’s Word as it is actually written. As he explores questions progressive evangelical readers of Scripture commonly face yet fear voicing, Enns reveals that they are the very questions that God wants us to consider—the essence of our spiritual study.

Ratings and reviews

If, like me, you struggle with the idea of God being both loving and some sort of hate-fueld warlord, then look no further and read on for answers. This is one book that changes the way I see The Bible and for £7, one of the easiest investments in my faith.

I have read thru the comments and reviews and I understand that we process information differently. The Author of this book makes Bart Erhman look like a harmless garden snake, he might as well proclaim agnosticism for that matter. Im an ex Muslim trying to find the correct discipleship for my Christian journey, so I purchased both book and audio and began to enjoy the beginning of it till he states not to take the bible laterally in all places of the book. Total disappointment and dismay. Hello!!?!??! Whether ancient or not people gave their lives to make sure the Bible is what it is Today...

Very challenging ideas written in a very easy to follow manner. Provides numerous sources for additional information along the way, and is written in a very respectful way while dealing with an issue quite sensitive to most Christians.

About the author

Peter Enns (PhD, Harvard University) is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. David’s, Pennsylvania. He has also taught courses at Harvard University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the host of The Bible for Normal People podcast, a frequent contributor to journals and encyclopedias, and the author of several books, including The Sin of Certainty, The Bible Tells Me So, and Inspiration and Incarnation. He lives in northern New Jersey.