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I normally love Pete Enns, but this book felt more like Pete raving about the universe than discussing theology. Maybe I'll come around to it on a second read.
I found this book to be very comforting. I'm also finding a bigger God as I go through life's curveballs. The impossibility of the universe in every way brings me comfort as I believe a God that big who I feel desires a personal connection can only be love itself. God as mystery is kind of a gamechanger for me. I would recommend this book to anyone seeking to expand their faith and spiritual life beyond routine and into wonder.
Pete Enns gets into the deep, existential questions about what "God" even means given our understanding of quantum mechanics, evolution, and just plain old science. He also makes the case that our experiences are just as important to our understanding of God as anything we read in the Bible—and that the "curveballs" life throws at us shape who we are and how we see our maker.
This book recounts Pete's personal journey of faith. It also helps the reader open a door to a bigger, more mysterious God who is making an infinite universe beyond human comprehension.
There are not a lot of surprises here for those who follow Enns' work closely, but the perspectives he shares in this book are well worth the price of admission. I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by the author.
This book recounts Pete's personal journey of faith. It also helps the reader open a door to a bigger, more mysterious God who is making an infinite universe beyond human comprehension.
There are not a lot of surprises here for those who follow Enns' work closely, but the perspectives he shares in this book are well worth the price of admission. I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by the author.
Good if you’re a Pete fan and like baseball metaphors.
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Pete Enns invites us on the journey of reformatting our brains to run a new program of God.exe.
I'll say upfront this book is excellent if you're the kind of person who has/had questions about God, Church, and Doctrines but when you asked them you were disciplined, scolded, or told you had a weak faith and were questioning or doubting God. This is especially true if you've been more open to science and don't considering critical thinking a sin.
I don't say those things in a condemnatory way, but as a beckoning call to dive into this book and hopefully have your mind set at ease and then greatly blown by the vastness and immensity of a God that would create a world that is ever evolving on astronomical and quantum scales.
Like Pete's other books, this one is engaging and easy to understand even when the topics get to academic topics like theology, quantum physics, and research into near-death experiences. He is a gentle teacher, knowing that many folks engaging with this topic are probably deconstructing or are at a point in their faith journey where the answers to questions no longer seem simple or certain.
I highly recommend this book and believe if more of us came to view God, ourselves, and our connections to one another in the ways presented in this book, those who call themselves Christians would be perceived differently, because we would be different.
I am grateful for the valuable lessons in this book and the humility and vulnerability with which it is shared.
I'll say upfront this book is excellent if you're the kind of person who has/had questions about God, Church, and Doctrines but when you asked them you were disciplined, scolded, or told you had a weak faith and were questioning or doubting God. This is especially true if you've been more open to science and don't considering critical thinking a sin.
I don't say those things in a condemnatory way, but as a beckoning call to dive into this book and hopefully have your mind set at ease and then greatly blown by the vastness and immensity of a God that would create a world that is ever evolving on astronomical and quantum scales.
Like Pete's other books, this one is engaging and easy to understand even when the topics get to academic topics like theology, quantum physics, and research into near-death experiences. He is a gentle teacher, knowing that many folks engaging with this topic are probably deconstructing or are at a point in their faith journey where the answers to questions no longer seem simple or certain.
I highly recommend this book and believe if more of us came to view God, ourselves, and our connections to one another in the ways presented in this book, those who call themselves Christians would be perceived differently, because we would be different.
I am grateful for the valuable lessons in this book and the humility and vulnerability with which it is shared.
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