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A review by glendonrfrank
The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs by Peter Enns
4.0
Enns' light and conversational prose makes this an easy entry into a deep and powerful on-going conversation.
I scrolled through a few negative reviews and I can only assume that some people read a different book than I did? Or at least read something with the least charitable lens possible. Enns asserts himself in a long-standing Biblical tradition that doesn't shy away from grief or doubt but encounters it head-on. This is a book that not only acknowledges the chaos of life but shows how the Biblical authors acknowledged and wrestled with that chaos, too. Enns seeks to shift the Bible away from being a weapon to win debates and towards being a means of cathartic healing and redemption. I feel only sympathy for anyone who would rather see it the other way.
Anyways, Enns' book is good, constructive, and certainly not heresy. I recommend it for a light read.
I scrolled through a few negative reviews and I can only assume that some people read a different book than I did? Or at least read something with the least charitable lens possible. Enns asserts himself in a long-standing Biblical tradition that doesn't shy away from grief or doubt but encounters it head-on. This is a book that not only acknowledges the chaos of life but shows how the Biblical authors acknowledged and wrestled with that chaos, too. Enns seeks to shift the Bible away from being a weapon to win debates and towards being a means of cathartic healing and redemption. I feel only sympathy for anyone who would rather see it the other way.
Anyways, Enns' book is good, constructive, and certainly not heresy. I recommend it for a light read.