The Genre, Historical Context, and Purpose of Genesis 1-11
Genesis: O Where to Begin? The book of Genesis is about beginnings: the beginning of creation, of humanity, and of civilization itself. Now, many of us in the m...
Category: Biblical Studies
Joshua’s Conquest of Canaan, Genocide, Biblical Reliability…and the big point where I disagree with Peter Enns
Ever since the writing of his book, Inspiration and Incarnation, Peter Enns has been somewhat of a lightning rod in many Evangelical circles. I have always enjo...
A Book Review of Peter Enns’ “Inspiration and Incarnation” (Part 5): The Old Testament and Its Interpretation in the New Testament
In his final chapter of Inspiration and Incarnation, Peter Enns devotes his time addressing a topic that most Christians, if they admit it, really don’t get: ho...
A Book Review of “Inspiration and Incarnation” by Pete Enns (Part 4): The Theological Diversity in the Old Testament
In chapter 3 of Pete Enns’ book, Inspiration and Incarnation, he deals with another topic that can tend to make Evangelicals rather uneasy. Simply put, Enns say...
A Book Review of Peter Enns’ “Inspiration and Incarnation” (Part 3): Reading the Old Testament in its Ancient Near Eastern Context
In my opinion, the best chapter in Pete Enns’ book, Inspiration and Incarnation, was Chapter 2, when he discussed the importance of reading and understanding th...
A Book Review of “Inspiration and Incarnation” by Peter Enns (Part 2): A Look at Chapter 1
So what was it about Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns that was so controversial? When I first read it back in 2005, I found it to be an insightful, hon...
A Book Review of “Inspiration and Incarnation” by Peter Enns (Part 1): A little bit of my personal story, why I think Enns is great, and how the book helped get me fired…
Back in 2005, I had no idea who Peter Enns was. I was simply a high school English and Worldview teacher at a small Evangelical Christian school in Arkansas. Ye...
Digging Deep into the Movie, “Is Genesis History?” (Part 2): What is the Text of Genesis 1-11 Really About?
In my previous post, I began to critique the recent YECist movie, Is Genesis History? As I stated in that post, I felt the movie was fundamentally dishonest in ...
The Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 4): Romans 5, I Corinthians 15, Ancestral Sin, and the “Natural” Order of Things
In this final post regarding the doctrine of original sin, I want to offer a few brief thoughts on Romans 5:12-21 and I Corinthians 15, two texts often used to ...
The Problems with the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 3)
Although the particulars of the doctrine of original sin have varied throughout the centuries, the core of this doctrine has stayed intact: The sin of the first...