A recent Harbor discussion included a wide range of responses. People wondered if we’re allowed to rewrite Bible passages. My answer is an emphatic yes.

A summary of an introduction of a commentary of a book of the Bible. But a really, really good commentary!

How do we process words like “Do not worry“ when we have actual things to worry about?

You can’t legislate love, passion, curiosity, vulnerability, and pleasure. You can only legislate actions. That is why church conversations about sex are so narrow.

In the past 20 years, I have shifted away from the Bible as history to finding the truths in the Scriptural literature that has been handed down to us. Those truths are made more real through the arts of story, poetry, conversation, and, yes, even fantasy.

A “review” of Enns’s latest book, but really more of a gushing summary of this super helpful reframing of the Bible.