{"id":30318,"date":"2024-03-05T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=30318"},"modified":"2024-03-04T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T19:16:55","slug":"pete-enns-how-the-bible-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/pete-enns-how-the-bible-actually-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Enns: How the Bible Actually Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with biblical scholar Pete Enns about how the Bible actually works, what to do when your faith takes turns you never saw coming, and lots more. This is kind of a mashup conclusion for our past series on the Bible <em>and<\/em> our series on deconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Enns is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, and the host of\u00a0<em>The Bible for Normal People<\/em>\u00a0podcast. He is the author of\u00a0<em>The Sin of Certainty, The Bible Tells Me So, Inspiration and Incarnation<\/em>, and the book we&#8217;re mostly chatting about two of his latest books today today,\u00a0<em>How the Bible Actually Works\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You never Saw Coming<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can connect with Pete and his work at <a href=\"https:\/\/thebiblefornormalpeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thebiblefornormalpeople.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8690918\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resident Alien (TV Series)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redwoodspiritualcare.com\/how-to-practice-digital-minimalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Practice Digital Minimalism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Connect with Gravity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravityleadership.com\/message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leave us a message or ask a question<\/a>\u00a0about this or any other episode and we&#8217;ll answer it on a future episode.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00danete a la comunidad Gravity<\/a> to interact with other listeners, and get our list of curated links each week to all things edifying and interesting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are you interested in advertising on the Gravity Podcast?<\/strong> Contact us at podcast@gravitycommons.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked with biblical scholar Pete Enns about how the Bible actually works, what to do when your faith takes turns you never saw coming, and lots more. 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