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NT Wright interview, 4-20-10

Pete Enns — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:27:56 +0000

I am interviewing NT Wright in NYC tomorrow on camera for BioLogos. Apparently, you can submit questions through Twitter or the BioLogos Facebook page, and we will see what we can get to.

World News Tonight Piece on Waltke and Evolution Airs

Pete Enns — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:51:11 +0000

You can access the WNT piece on YouTube. As you can see, I am on camera for about as much time as it takes you to sneeze. Still, I am sitting by the phone patiently waiting for movie offers to come rolling in.

All kidding aside (was I kidding?), you can see that the story was handled with some objectivity, with little attempt to incriminate Waltke or RTS. Neither did ABC opt for an incendiary approach, which they could easily have done. I don’t think Ken Ham is a good representative of the Evangelical counterculture, though, since his views are so idiosyncratic (I don’t think RTS faculty think that there were dinosaurs on the ark).

The heart of the issue did come through, though, as far as I am concerned, which is: what happened between BKW and RTS should not have happened, but, given the general “culture of fear” concerning evolution among Evangelicals, it was inevitable.

Walton Responds to Poythress at BioLogos

Pete Enns — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:56:22 +0000

John Walton has written a response to Vern Poythress’s review of The Lost World of Genesis One. There are some important hermeneutical and theological issues involved that should be of interest to many. Check it out.

My Review of Beale’s Erosion of Inerrancy

Pete Enns — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:11:55 +0000

With my permission as well as that of the Bulletin for Biblical Research, Art Boulet has posted my published response to Greg Beale’s The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism.

New Science & the Sacred Post: A Different Angle

Pete Enns — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:51:12 +0000

I have a new guest post on the Science and the Sacred Blog or the BioLogos Foundation (@BioLogosOrg on Twitter). This one is called “Let’s Come at This From a Different Angle.” I propose that our reading of the opening chapters of the Bible ought to be informed by the closing chapters of the Bible.

Read the full post

Read all my Science & the Sacred posts

New Position: BioLogos Foundation Senior Fellow of Biblical Studies

Pete Enns — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:08:59 +0000

On December 1, 2009, the BioLogos Foundation published the following announcement:

The BioLogos Foundation is happy to announce that biblical scholar Pete Enns has joined our team as a senior fellow of biblical studies. Enns is an evangelical Christian scholar and author of several books and commentaries, including the popular Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament, which looks at three questions raised by biblical scholars that seem to threaten traditional views of Scripture. Enns has also been a contributor to our blog Science & the Sacred. His full biography can be found under “Team Members” in our “About Us” section.

BioLogos represents the harmony of science and faith. It addresses the central themes of science and religion and emphasizes the compatibility of Christian faith with scientific discoveries about the origins of the universe and life. To communicate this message to the general public and add to the ongoing dialog, The BioLogos Foundation created BioLogos.org.

You can get regular updates and links to resources from BioLogos by following them on Twitter (@BioLogosOrg) or by becoming a “fan” of their Facebook Page.

Guest Post on Science & an Incarnational Approach to the Bible

Pete Enns — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:04:40 +0000

Starting today Science and the Sacred, the blog of the BioLogos Foundation, is running a series of guest post by me, titled “Science and an Incarnational Approach to the Bible.”

Click here to read the first post.

Authors Enter Discussion of I&I and GWHW at Jesus Creed

Pete Enns — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:27:18 +0000

I wanted to alert my readers that there is an interesting disscussion of my book (Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament) and my friend Kenton Sparks’s book (God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship) over on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed blog. The discussion has been initiated by Scot’s frequent guest poster, “RJS.” Read the post and discussion here.

Both Sparks and I have entered into the discussion in the comments. (My comments begin at #36.) Hint: In order to see the entire comment thread, you have to click the “Comments” link under the post.

Review: Inerrant Wisdom by Paul Seely

Pete Enns — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:08:47 +0000

I’ve just posted a new book review: Inerrant Wisdom: Science and Inerrancy in Biblical Persective

God’s Word in Human Words by Kent Sparks: Part Two

Pete Enns — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:01:21 +0000

In Part 1 of my review of God’s Word in Human Words by Kenton Sparks, I set out what I saw as the central tenets of the book. We now continue with my report on a panel discussion of the book in which I participated this past fall.

PART 2: SBL Panel Discussion

On November 23, 2008, a Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) session was devoted to a discussion of Kenton Sparks’ book God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Scholarship (GWHW). The panel was made up of: Stephen Chapman (Duke Divinity School), Bill Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary), myself, and Gary Anderson (moderator, Notre Dame).

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