by Susan Barnes | 4 Nov 2021 | Book Reviews
This book addresses similar issues to the Peter Enns’ book, Inspiration and Incarnation that I reviewed here last week. New Testament Use of the Old Testament is a complex book. To be honest I felt like I only understood every third sentence! The concluding...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Oct 2021 | Book Reviews
Inspiration and Incarnation is one of Peter Enns’ older titles and I’ve discovered I prefer his older books to his more recently published ones. He seems to have more faith in the accuracy of the biblical stories in 2005 when the book was first published. In this...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Jul 2021 | Book Reviews
How the Bible actually works is another challenging book by Peter Enns. While I find myself agreeing with many of Enns’ conclusions, I often struggle with his lack of confidence in the Bible’s historical content. Enns agrees with much of today’s secular scholarship...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Jun 2021 | Book Reviews
I feel ambivalent about Peter Enns’ book, The Bible Tells Me So, which has made this book review difficult to write. There were some parts I disagreed with so strongly I nearly stopped reading, yet later parts were incredibly helpful and insightful. I initially...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Mar 2021 | Book Reviews
I found, The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns a very beneficial book. I like Enns’ understanding of the role of the Bible in the Christian life and why it’s difficult to go to the Bible for definitive answers on questions of ethics (slavery for example). The Bible isn’t...