A review by scoticus_maximus
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News by Peter Enns

4.0

This is the first book I have read from a non-literal, non-inerrancy view of the Bible and man is it challenging. You grow up in a certain tradition and your taught that “those people” who think differently are wrong, stupid, deceived, and maybe even evil. Pete is none of those things. He graciously, joyously, and wisely asked us to consider another possibility. That the Bible was never meant to be a hard and fast rule book for living your best life and making it to heaven but instead an invitation from God to engage God and allow God to speak through the writings of humans who were doing the best they could to understand and create awareness about a God is truly unfathomable (even to us highly intelligent 21st century Americans!?)

I’m grateful for another challenging view and grateful for the invitation from Pete and from God to press in.