Pete Enns: We Promised Above-Average Answers and We’re Sticking to It!

Tripp Fuller

In this episode, I am joined by your favorite theological troublemaker, Dr. Pete Enns, for a wide-ranging Q&A session where we tackle your burning questions from our SubStack communities (?Odds & Enns? and ?Process This?). We delve into everything from understanding eternal punishment in Matthew 25, to the various ways divine presence is portrayed in Genesis, to what makes deconstruction a healthy or nihilistic approach, and whether Christianity can adapt to modern existential needs. We bring a blend of biblical scholarship, philosophical musings, and irreverent humor as we engage with your questions, delivering what we hope are at least “above average” answers.

To get access to the entire conversation, submit your questions, and join live next time, join their SubStack communities, ?Odds & Enns?? and ??Process This?.

Want to hang with Pete & Tripp? Come to ?Theology Beer Camp?, Oct 16-18 in St. Paul for some seriously nerdy fun.

?Peter Enns? (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of biblical studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He has written numerous books, including ?The Bible Tells Me So?, ?The Sin of Certainty?, and ?How the Bible Actually Works?.

Previous Episodes with Pete

• T?he Future of Religion?
• ?Force Ghosts, a ‘Biblical’ Jesus, & Pre-Human Religion?
• ?God, Jesus, & Whatever: Pete Enns & Tripp answer questions?
• ?God-Pod Party?
• ?Pete Enns & Tony Jones Love Baseball?
• ?Adaptive Christianity & the God of the Bible?
• ?Don’t Sin. Doubt.?
• ?For The Bible Tells Me So?

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