My personal thought is that 11 Peter is one of the later books of the NT; likely written circa 125-150 AD. Also try googling sea of faith.. Redemption to a broken world? Got you. And we can also look at those experiences, and see if there is an element of illusion about them. We're raising 50k for our campaign. To me there is a sacred goodness in characteristics of the way and Christianitys wins over the centuries are attributable to this. In regards to ones intelligence, I am reading St Teresa of Avilas Interior Castle right now and in the first parts of it she refers to herself as stupid and if they (the nuns she is writing to) understand what she is saying, it is not herself that is speaking but it is God through her. I get that I cant prove or disprove God or any God or really anything non-material thats at least logically consistent. In asking does God exist?, Ive heard it said that two very large questions are revealed or not. Such is life. There is none for 11 Peter, a writing a majority of critical scholarship places at some point in the 2nd century long after Peters death (Wikipedias page on it is a decent starting point showing the various arguments). The rule that clarity is the standard of truth subsequently achieved dominance in the Enlightenment (Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 1 vol edition, 486). 3. http://edward-t-babinski.blogspot.com/2015/03/on-recovering-from-alcoholism-drug.html, See also my paper the critiques the claim that the Christian experience is unique So true. So sad to have so much education without conviction. That said, I can see the contemplative Hindu or Buddhist saying the exact same thing. Some come by more rational means, others emotional, others mystical, Who am I, or you, to say any one way is the right way. You use the word sin in your title; I havent read your book, but I hope that in the discussion in the book you avoid much use of the term. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. A few years ago David Benners Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The Sacred Journey of Transformationwas very helpful in pushing me to look at the God question differently at a time when I was ready to hear it. There do not exist words in any language to specify or define His qualities, peculiarities, characteristics and singularities. Across religions, the evidences are the grapes and figs. Proceeding ahead and remixing words just a bit, Thinking one can prove or disprove the existence of *any* God through rational analysis is to apply to *any* God a wrong way of knowing.. Roman Catholics and conservative Protestants have much in common and face common enemies in terms of secular humanism and all of the other anti-Christian hate groups and religions of the world. I am not sure that is the name. Their experiences of the numinous, or visions or miracles also range far and wide, including the claims of Catholics who see the sun dance, or claim saints cured them or just the saints bones, or the visionary experiences of native Americans, New Agers, UFO abductees (whatever they are experiencing), and wide range of different NDE experiences that dont seem to point in the direction of any one religion being the only true one. As long as the genes replicate, its worked. However, I tend to apply such experiences to relationships that I have with the people that surround me not to the deities of ancient cultures. Methinks, if I loved him more, I should keep himI should keep myself, ratherat a more respectful distance. I want to be like you. Certainly they are subjective but that does not then mean they cannot be compared. I have written on Peter Enns before on our blog (see the link in the analysis to Evans' book) but seeing his name again led me to look up Enns and I found he wrote a recent piece on his blog titled "How Can I Trust the Bible . Presume? [1] (Isnt this another example of a way of knowing?). and disasters In fact, presuming that evidence-based knowledge is the only sure way of knowing anythingworth knowing lies behind both the angst and the sense of certainty many feel about Gods existence or non-existence. First, note the way I phrased the staged questions above. And the crash can be hard, just look at Mother Teresas painful decades long crash after getting high on Jesus in her teen years. Religious conviction without evidence based knowledge is why there are so many religions, denominations, sects and cults and demonizations of one by the other. Piper argues that God's judgments are just and shouldn't be questioned. I presume you are referring to Islam in your final sentence? Beitr-ge zum internationalen Symposium vom 27. bis 29. However, I think you are confusing or conflating the experience of God with the existence of God. A Review by Norman Geisler of Peter Enns's, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids . One of the things I wonder is how these two general groups not talk past each other. I would encourage you to ask God to show you His truth from His book. So lets give that a shot. He has written or edited over a dozen books and many articles and essays. . What religion, denomination, sect or cult doesnt seek to also inculcate an acceptance of mystery and paradox?. Most Evangelicals find themselves on that path when their evidence takes a beating and they retreat to the world of mystery. Pages turning You will know whom I mean, Atheism may be comparatively popular with God himself, When a pious visitor inquired sweetly, Henry, have you made your peace with God? he replied, We have never quarreled., Henry David Thoreau as quoted in Henry David Thoreau: What Manner of Man? It is in this context, that Christianity, for me, is a profound disappointment. But lacking a definitive first hand revelation of God and with all of your questions, at what point does one cease asking yet more questions, and perhaps start to view all religions as limited expressions or interpretations of God like prof. of religious philosophy John Hick eventually did after growing up Evangelical? even if our lack of understanding gives us a sense that our existence is meaningless and that, if one could, one would not choose existence. Origen and universalism, in general, were condemned as unorthodox at the Fifth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (A.D. 553) . Talk of a vibrant Christian faith seems overblown. At the same time, I was taking philosophy and religion courses and was drawn to finding ways to explain my ongoing relationship/wrestling match with God-Jesus-Spirit. Most people seem to have never seen or heard a literal voice of God like Abraham or Noah allegedly received. Namely the objective facts that these experiences are shared between many parents, that they have roughly the same qualia of experience, and that having a child of your own seems to bring them about. Enns-FR.jpg. Dr. Peter Enns (PhD, Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA. Rather, knowledge of God is described by terms like: participation I am committed to encouraging young Christian men and women to explore their faith by engaging Scripture, and in so doing make their faith their own and mature as followers of Christ. Alot of us have reached the point where the only left left to do is bring people together despite our differences. I dont think God would. In Roman Catholicism, Peter is seen as the first vicar of the church and so on. http://edward-t-babinski.blogspot.com/2015/08/christians-or-non-christians-who-suffer.html I read the first chapter or whatever was free that you sent. I suggest you read Richard Rohr. But what I cannot comprehend is that after two thousand years, these loftiest of other-way-of-knowing-related claims have produced only some good. ? While others can ask the question and seem to do so with little reason to give thought to which God. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I think the wrong way of knowing Peter refers to as rational analysis possibly could be better worded as non-paradoxical., In some ways (at least today), I cant help but think the answer to the does God exist? riddle is the Zens .. Because of the differences in interpreting Adam by biblical scholars, Dr. Enns believes that it is unwise to "cling too rigidly to any one approach" (107). Are we to have doubts that Lincoln actually wrote it there are no living eye-witnesses needless to say. Bavinck has a tendency to get to the point doesnt he ? As is knowledge of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva. To paraphrase a much more succinct statement on the matter faith without works is a setup for very damaging failure. There are emergent properties associated with all healthy relationships, and these are put at risk when we struggle with knowing and doubting to maladaptive degrees. Sorry for the late reply. Agnostics cant figure it out. I count it a great privilege to help students keep their horizons in front of them and come to know God better on their life-journey. Those are all things that can be looked at. Relationship is key, whether we are thinking about non-living parts of the cosmos, the living world, human-human relationships or human-divine relationships. Forced love . But when you reach the point where there is little to differentiate between different encounters or transcendent perceptions yielding incompatible truth claims, then you are not just dealing with a measure of uncertainty to be tolerated, but rather a total lack of confidence in whether what you believe corresponds to actual reality. Rule out experience and youre forcing yourself into mysticism. Were two thousand years in. Israelite history; Old Testament and ancient Near East; Old Testament theology; biblical theology; wisdom literature; Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament. Christianity is already becoming irrelevant to the younger millennials. He was after all, our first RC President. Even Yale was founded by some conservative ministers displeased at the growing moderation, liberalism and theological excesses as they say it, happening at Havard. To conclude, I'd like to quote Enns one more time. I would like you to rethink your own perspective a bit more, perhaps move a bit more toward universalism and religious pluralism like John Hick, but even that would not be nearly as far away from your present point of view as the distance you have already come from fundamentalism to your present point of view. Thanks Pete! The intersection of these (with a lot of other stuff thrown in there for good measure, such as Barths furious response to 19th century liberals on issues related to mediated/unmediated experience) was very compelling in my theological studies and has been fascinating to observe on a practical level in pastoral ministry in the conservative south, especially in this political and cultural moment. Also, be sure to read the book rather than a blurb to see what I am after. By Peter K. Enns I have published three books: Hijacking the Agenda (with Chris Witko, Nate Kelly and Jana Morgan), Incarceration Nation, and Who Gets Represented? What about more recent writings such as the Gettysburg Address? Academically, I graduated from Messiah College in 1982 (Behavior Science), WTS in 1989 (MDiv), and Harvard University in 1994 (PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations). He affirms that Israel's laws were not new in content but were uniquely in that they were connected to a monotheistic community-Israel (57). He has taught courses at several other institutions including Harvard University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Lese Exodus for Normal People: A Guide to the Storyand History of the Second Book of the Bible gratis von Peter Enns Verfgbar als Hrbuch Jetzt 14 Tage gratis testen. Find it on Amazon: http://amzn.to/19X9WC7Find it at CBD: http://bit.ly/1dnBcesPeter Enns discusses the inerrancy of the Bible as an often contentious topic. .without faith one cannot please God His words, not mine. People who call others incredibly stupid and foolish beyond measure for not sharing their own religious positions ought to take a look in the mirror. If I have the experience of perceiving spiraling motion when looking upon a static optical illusion, you cannot deny that I have the experience of perceiving motion. 4 And there is none **like** unto Him. He likes to tell stories about the messy Bible and is the author of The Bible Tells Me So, The Sin of Certainty, and How the Bible Actually Works. apprehension uncluttered by thought Acts of Interpretation features essays by biblical scholars and theologians offering broad reflections on key interpretive issues, rich readings of challenging biblical texts, and interaction with the Christian exegetical tradition from Melito of Sardis to Dietrich Bonhoeffer.The contributors to this volume are leading figures in the theological interpretation of Scripture. Foreign Professionals in Babylon: Evidence from the Archive in the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II Neo-Assyrian Texts from Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon: A Preliminary Report Cities and urban landscapes in the Ancient Near East and Egypt with special focus on the city of Babylon - with Paul Sinclair, Irmgard . On another point, both in Johns writings and Peters writings there are statements of eye-witness testimonies. That is what He did for me over 50 years ago. So its great that God is guiding you and keeping you safe but yet not doing the same for kids with cancer etc. I am not embarrassed by it at all. Lets not let a label lead us toward an equivocation. Yet how is this testimony for more than such kind of belief being an adaptive trait? Try the works of John Hick, former Evangelical who became a fascinating philosopher of religion and sought a common transcendental basis for them all. But in the formerit seemssome individuals cannot ask the does God exist? question without deeply wondering about which God?? Thankfully it is much less today. Twelve years later, Old Testament scholar Peter Enns has confirmed my suspicions, . In passing, he also makes a very interesting observation about contemporary Protestant theology: "I live in an ecclesial world in which those who value Christian orthodoxy as a concept seem invariably to drift towards either Rome or Constantinople or some amalgamation of the two which is represented by no existing church. I use the words intelligent and basis. The question presumes that belief in God is something to be settled on the basis of intelligence, education, knowledge of facts, etc. People who can conceive N concepts of God seem more adapt at considering the one concept of God of the person who can conceive one concept of God than people who can conceive one concept of God making sense of the N concepts of God of the others schema. Tweets at @peteenns. Instead of humbly stating this belief as an opinion, Joker3857 blatantly says "then dont be one". It loads making sure we hold the correct beliefs with too much weight; we then shore up our set of beliefs in a fortress of impregnability, making them the source of our trust and so-called certainty rather trusting in the living God. The moronic Magic-Man-Fantasy was the human races greatest mistake. Maybe dramatically more so? Edward, you assume that people cant hold doubt while maintaining a vibrant Christian faith that is simply not true. It is transrational. In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast we sit down with Dr. Peter Enns to explore a range of questions relating to the Bible, science and faith. (edited with Chris Wlezien). But I also think youre using the language of evidence in a very stale, limited manner. Reason and sagacity cannot visualise Him. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable To Read It. Im not sure the world would be a better place if more people thought like me, though do you mind if I out this on my resume? Perhaps less than that, I would be more arrogant, less loving, poorer, and have no progeny. Thoughts. I'm attaching my 6 page summary of Peter Enns' new book, Genesis for Normal People: Enns on Genesis.doc (55.5 KB) Dr. Enns attempts to simply explain for average Christians how many scholars read Genesis. It just begs the question, which one? The good news is that those who humble themselves and say yes when He calls do experience Him in an undeniable complete way. As for your books title, The Sin of Certainty, you seem pretty certain that sin exists, though I suspect humans dont really need thatll added theological term since it seems more like a metaphor for any selfish behavior people of all religions or none already view in a negative fashion. What are your thoughts on passages like 1 John 5:13, which indicate explicitly that it is possible for a person to know with rational certainty whether or not there is a God and whether or not they can truly believe in Jesus being the Messiah. I suspect it is because they are not comfortable with any other way of knowing. M.Div. Hi, Reddit! And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit I tend to experience *both* God and people in the manner described. Your argument for disbelief is foolish, because God cannot be like any of the things perceived by the senses, nor can He be said to bear any resemblance to anything which has to undergo an ordeal of change and decay. Thanks Pete, I expressed my full view in a direct response above. Too much struggle is maladaptive. 1. I love nothing more than learning about peoples stories and would love to learn more about yours. He is a cohost of the popular podcast The Bible for. Here might be some: Healing, forgiveness, graciousness, redemption, justice, protection, universality. What gives? They long to know Gods love andthereby to be filled with the very fullness of God[Ephesians 3:17-19]. If so, they can be dismissed with their faulty foundations, but offered opportunity to reconsider their understandings and emphases to get back in the race. Every compound elements etc possesses shape and colour that attracts the senses. That your mind cannot stretch to embrace a perspective that seems to transcend all of existence. Theologian Peter Enns refuses to shy away from asking the larger questions about Christian faith. The Quran Chapter 112, Things are compound elements atoms etc, made of parts. The universal and self-evident problem of death. Maybe more so than that of our sense perception of sight? ), but its also important in a much deeper way. (As ridiculous as it may sound in our context) I was on a run and received a word of prophecy to deliver to an old friend. Evidence based knowledge may not be necessary for a person to believe in God, but it sure would be handy when it comes to rival claims about God between people in different religions, denominations and mystical sects, not to mention between various schools of non-religious philosophical theists, agnostics and atheists. Are they indeed properly basic?. Peter Enns (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of biblical studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. One who holds such a faith cannot form a true concept of God, he is *IGNORANT* and will always try to believe in some *creation* of his *imagination* as his god. Specifically on love as a way of knowing. ~ Jackson Browne. I also visited Westminster Seminary in my early 20s and purchased some books in the store there, caught a glimpse of Cornelius Van Til, and later I exchanged emails with Paul Seely on biblical cosmology, a WTS graduate. And for doing it at Westminster Theological Seminary, just as Paul Seely did. This emphasis on experience is important at a simple, direct level (participating in corporate worship, daily prayer, seeing/hearing God in others, etc. I think the fruit are the realities that a religion has caused to create. However, today, philosophers who reject Cartesian or Substance Dualism acknowledge that subjective states like color, pain, and thoughts are objectively real using empirical tools. Which I think is the case, but I dont want to speak for Ed. Tweets at @peteenns. Im still working on itof course. In addition, he late dates the Exodus in the mid . Proud men who reject His call are incredibly stupid and foolish beyond measure. . He brings these questions to his conversation with Jim, wrestling with how the Bible relates to our lives today. Magic is not real. . Intelligence, understanding and attainment cannot attain the depth of knowledge to study or scrutinise the Godhead. This implies that Joker3857 believes that one cannot be a christian if they think the bible to have errors. Peter Enns Age He was born on January 2, 1961, in Passaic, New Jersey, in the United States. The Christian scriptures are clear that we can indeed experience God if we respond to Him when He calls us. Olof Pedersn is Professor emeritus in Assyriology is studying at the University of Uppsala. True mystics do experience God in a tangible manner that is more real than anything that could ever be experienced through the five senses although those senses may be secondarily affected. First, let me say that I hold to the position that without faith one cannot please God His words, not mine. Read article the other day that said they refused to accept myth as fact. The way we organize socially as spiritual communities reflects how we organize the project of faith internally. Great Value. Who said God is a HE? This is perhaps another way to look at the sin of certainty. 2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; Peter is 61 years old. He has taught courses at several other institutions including Harvard University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. AMA. It is based on direct and personal encounter. Basis for my response: 2 Peter 1:15 to 2 Peter 2:2. How have we regressed so far in 56 years? Im more so now in my life in the former group of people. After I became more of a questioner, and more curious about a lot of things I no longer experienced such manic-depression. Without discounting all those wonderful things, I do not think that the God question is settled this way. 14 Tage gratis - jederzeit kndbar | Lies & hre unbegrenzt | Groe Auswahl an neuen Bchern | 9/10 lesen mehr mit Nextory | Fr Buchliebhaber . This is very simple. The Bible (NT and OT) both contain stories of humans having doubt while also trusting God (Elijah, Peter, Thomas, hell, all of them for that matter). If He was visible to the eye, and perceivable to the senses, He would have resembled the things that are visible and perceivable to the senses on account of their being compound and created and in that case He would no longer have remained a creator. But you do know that you know because your knowing has a depth and immediacy to it that is never present in simply knowingabout thingseven merely knowing about God. One of the hallmarks of progressive Christianity is a rejection of biblical sexuality, and an affirmation of same-sex marriage and premarital sex. Were two thousand years in. I believe that, if there is a Creator, this Higher Power is not a being that we can know exclusively or primarily through this western way of knowing. What I have noticed especially in connection with your point about knowing God outside of our default rationalism, Pete, is that both as a church and as individual Christians in the West, we find it difficult knowing how to spend time in silence, or in solitude, away from our faith projects or church systems. As an admittedly poor psychology major in college, I was particularly fascinated with neurology and how humans process and interpret information/stimuli. I would take as examples of this people such as Jesus and the profound impact on the entire world for the good, that his truth has produced, and by extension, His Apostles and their experience. Are you willing to also consider; Hindu scriptures, Muslim scriptures, Buddhist, scriptures, Taoists scriptures, etc? . 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