{"product_id":"the-sin-of-certainty-why-god-desires-our-trust-more-than-our-correct-beliefs-9780062272096","title":"The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our Correct Beliefs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Bible Tells Me So\u003c\/em\u003e explains how Christians mistake \"certainty\" and \"correct belief\" for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of \"once for all delivered to the saints.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnns offers a model of vibrant faith that views skepticism not as a loss of belief, but as an opportunity to deepen religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, he contends, but a more profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining Enns' reflections of his own spiritual journey with an examination of Scripture, \u003cem\u003eThe Sin of Certainty\u003c\/em\u003e models an acceptance of mystery and paradox that all believers can follow and why God prefers this path because it is only this way by which we can become mature disciples who truly trust God. It gives Christians who have known only the demand for certainty permission to view faith on their own flawed, uncertain, yet heartfelt, terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Enns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062272096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnns, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePeter Enns (PhD, Harvard University) is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. David's, Pennsylvania. He has also taught courses at Harvard University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the host of \u003cem\u003eThe Bible for Normal People\u003c\/em\u003e podcast, a frequent contributor to journals and encyclopedias, and the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Sin of Certainty, The Bible Tells Me So, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInspiration and Incarnation.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in northern New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Peter Enns \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47287032873117,"sku":"9780062272096","price":35.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_69a38fde-9262-4b5a-94d5-bdd00bb0a5c6.jpg?v=1760032661","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-sin-of-certainty-why-god-desires-our-trust-more-than-our-correct-beliefs-9780062272096","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}