Peter's latest interview can be heard on the liturgists.com site. Here's what Peter has to say about his interview and his latest book along with a little tongue-in-cheek humor found on Buzzfeed....
R.E. Slater
August 26, 2014
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my Liturgists Podcast interview on The Bible Tells Me So
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2014/08/my-liturgists-podcast-interview-on-the-bible-tells-me-so-plus-an-extra-bonus-thingy/
by Peter Enns
August 26, 2014
Last week I was interviewed over at The Liturgists podcast by “Science Mike” McHargue, Michael Gungor, and Lissa Paino, and here it is. We talked about the Bible and hit a lot of themes I cover in The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It (available for pre-order now and officially out September 9).
And speaking of which, if you think you may be one of those people who takes the Bible too literally, a Buzzfeed list has 10 signs to help you find out for sure.
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The Liturgists
Episode 3 - The Bible
http://www.theliturgists.com/podcast/2014/8/24/episode-3-the-bible
Episode 3 - The Bible
http://www.theliturgists.com/podcast/2014/8/24/episode-3-the-bible
War. Genocide. Incest. Murder. No, we're not talking about Game of Thrones–this episode is about the Bible. Some people view it as the infallible Word of God, others as the Word of God through words of men, and some people think the Bible is much ado about nothing. Guest Peter Enns joinsLissa Paino, Science Mike and Michael Gungor to talk about what the Bible means to Christians today.
Peter's latest book The Bible Tells Me So is available for preorder here.
The Liturgists
The Bible
Posted on August 26, 2014 by Mike McHargue and filed under podcast and tagged bible peter enns.
The Liturgists
The Bible
Posted on August 26, 2014 by Mike McHargue and filed under podcast and tagged bible peter enns.
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10 Signs You Take The Bible Too Literally
http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/10-signs-you-take-the-bible-too-literally-9npd
Maybe it’s time to read between the lines.posted on Aug. 22, 2014, at 11:16 p.m.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/10-signs-you-take-the-bible-too-literally-9npd
Maybe it’s time to read between the lines.posted on Aug. 22, 2014, at 11:16 p.m.
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1. You laugh when you read about dinosaur fossils, because you know they are really God’s little inside joke to confuse atheists.
“And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind.” … And it was so… . God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them… . God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”
Not bad for a day’s work. Now why isn’t that in the new common-core curriculum?
2. When confronted with a snake, your first impulse is to try to reason with it.
Via harini.me
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’” (Genesis 3:1, NRSV)
The universal lesson from all stories like this one, including the Harry Potter series, is that if a snake starts to speak to you, run—do not reason with it.
3. You buy ark-simulation software so you can know exactly where Noah could have kept all those animals.
“Go into the ark… . Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.” (Genesis 7:1-3, ESV)
Simulation software for factoring in how to take care of the animals’ “business” sold separately.
4. When your teenager acts out and gives you lip, you break out in a cold sweat, fearing that you may have to have him stoned.
“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place… . Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death.” (Deuteronomy 21:18-22, NRSV)
Sort of makes spanking look tame, doesn’t it?
5. You have the bumper sticker “The only good Canaanite is a dead Canaanite.”
“So Joshua defeated the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings; he left no one remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.” (Joshua 10:40-41, NRSV)
And no, a “Canaanite” isn’t your grouchy neighbor or nasty boss, so don’t get any ideas.
6. When you see a clam bake next door, you hide in your basement fearing God’s wrath might spill over into your yard.
“But anything in the seas or the streams that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and among all the other living creatures that are in the waters—they are detestable to you and detestable they shall remain.” (Leviticus 11:10-11, NRSV)
On the bright side, you won’t have to return your neighbor’s weed whacker when he disappears.
7. You check “prostitute” and “adulterer” on Match.com as qualities for a mate.
“Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom.” (Hosea 1:3, ASV)
Is this what people mean by “a biblical view of marriage”?
8. You take out an “eye and limb” insurance policy, because, well, you never know.
Via i-am-bored.com
“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into the hell of fire.” (Matthew 18:8-9, NRSV)
Don’t laugh. People have actually done this.
9. You seriously consider castration of your opponent as a legitimate option for settling theological disagreements.
Via wifflegif.com
“I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!” (Galatians 5:12, NRSV)
Whoever said church meetings need to be boring?
10. You download the End Times Calculator app that surveys names of every global leader and celebrity to see how their name might add up to 666 and gives odds on who is most likely to be the Antichrist.
“This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.” (Revelation 13:18, NIV)
Just because everyone so far has been wrong a hundred percent of the time does not mean we should stop trying to figure this out, right?
Do you take the Bible too literally?
If so, you might want to update your views and ask, Is this really how God wants us to read his Word?
To explore further, read Peter Enns’s The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It from HarperOne. Available wherever books and e-books are sold.
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