Are we sinners by nature? Does sin even exist or is it just in our minds? Plus, Pete Enns is our Heretic of the Week.
Show Notes
- 00:20 – Introduction and word from show sponsor Unfundamentalists.
- 03:57 – Text – Depression and deconstruction.
- 08:35 – Voicemail about the Heretic Happy Hour board game.
- 12:20 – Introduction to Pete Enns, author of Inspiration and Incarnation, The Bible Tells Me So, and The Sin of Certainty.
- 17:00 – Views of the Bible and progressive revelation.
- 21:00 – Contradictions in the Bible and the need for inerrancy and certainty.
- 27:00 – Pete’s spiritual background and deconstruction process.
- 32:10 – Pete explains what he wants people to gain from his work. Providing language for cognitive dissonance.
- 35:45 – Continual deconstruction.
- 38:56 – Pete Enn’s new book, 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. The Bible as a source for wisdom.
- 41:20 – End of interview.
- 42:52 – Introduction to the topic of sin.
- 43:23 – The hosts’ personal understanding of what sin is. Missing the mark. Out of step with the peace of God. Failing to love God and others as Jesus did.
- 46:11 – The non-existence of sin. The false construct of good and evil.
- 51:02 – Sin as darkness.
- 54:35 – Sin management.
- 57:46 – Labels and false identities. Behaviors and defining people.
- 59:40 – Humanity’s divine nature and true identity. Children of God.
- 1:04:35 – The motivation of sin is something good. The desire for human connection.
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1 Comment
Ruth
I think this approach toward sin is necessary in helping people forgive themselves, which is the only way anyone can really be liberated to grow into the type of person God created them to be. I really enjoyed listening to this podcast.