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  • The Bible Tells Me So

  • Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
  • Written by: Peter Enns
  • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
  • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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The Bible Tells Me So

Written by: Peter Enns
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Trained as an evangelical Bible scholar, Peter Enns loved the Scriptures and shared his devotion by 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 nor be 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.

©2014 Peter Enns (P)2015 Tantor

What the critics say

"This is not an academic book, instead, it's a popular, short treatment designed to provoke a reset of how we read the Bible." ( Library Journal)

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A must read!

Well researched and well thought out. An academic understanding shared at an "Average Joe" level showing the power of the Bible when read in context.

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An excellent honest Evangelical look at Bible

It's hard to find an Evangelical biblical scholar who is honest enough to state what is obvious to other biblical scholars. I like Enns who has done an excellent job of tackling biblical problems that so many Evangelicals are either unaware or unwilling to admit they exit, but Enns did it without throwing away the Bible and with a high regard for its inspiration.

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Helpful read

Enns is not only entertaining in his writing but he pulls the Bible together and looks at the Scriptures of Old and New with fresh eyes. Unlike many biblical scholars, Enns is not afraid to get into the Scripture and show how to read the Bible by examining how the human authors of the Bible viewed Scripture and read Scripture. I found it to be a helpful read.

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To the point and refreshing

The way the narrator changes his voice when quoting people gets annoying …
But the book is great !! Written to the point and with refreshing humour.

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