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When Old Answers Stop Working: Ecclesiastes on Doubt, Disappointment, and Faith After Certainty
Did you know there’s a book in the Bible whose main voice is in full-blown faith-crisis mode for twelve chapters? Now you do. His name—or at least his pen name—is Qoheleth, and the book is Ecclesiastes. He looks at life, death, work, wisdom, and even God and asks: What’s the point? Why care? So if you’ve ever been mad at God, wondered what any of this is for, or found that the old answers just don’t work anymore, Ecclesiastes might be your new best friend.
The Bible is Not a Rulebook
For many Christians, the Bible has long been treated as a moral instruction manual—offering clear, timeless, universal rules for right and wrong. But what happens when the text doesn’t behave like a rule book? When it contradicts itself, feels outdated, or refuses to give us the clarity we crave?
Anti-Apologetics 101: Better Ways to Read the Bible
The Bible has too often been used as a weapon to subjugate women, justify racism, harm LGBTQ+ people, and cover up abuse. In Anti-Apologetics 101: Better Ways to Read the Bible, Zach W. Lambert offers a more Christlike, justice-centered approach to Scripture that leads to healing and liberation instead of harm.
Mythbusting the Bible with Dan McClellan and Pete Enns
In this class, historical critical Bible scholars Dan McClellan and Pete Enns invite you into a different kind of conversation about the Bible—one that’s honest, curious, and unafraid to wrestle with tough questions. They’ll share key realizations—their aha! moments—that shifted their entire perspective, not just on how to read the Bible, but on what the Bible even is.
Making of the Modern Mindset: How Did We Get Here?
Where do our views on authority, tradition, ethics, and identity even come from—and how do these views influence the way we interpret the Bible? Together we’ll explore how these cultural shifts continue to impact our understanding of ancient texts and examine how the forces of our time shape the faith we practice today.
Life After Doom
More and more of us look at our global ecological crisis, our pervasive political division, our intensifying economic inequality, and our deep-seated racial and religious bigotry… and we feel hope draining away. Brian McLaren is grappling with this growing cloud of doom descending on millions of us… seeking to bring “wisdom and courage to a world falling apart.” He invites us to explore motivations deeper than hope and explore practices of realistic resilience in this short course for the B4NP community.
Is God All-Knowing?
What Does God Know? Omniscience is one of God’s most iconic attributes and an attribute many Jewish people, Christians, and Muslims believe in. Yet when we look at several of the stories in the opening chapters of Genesis, God does not appear to be omniscient! God appears to make simple mistakes, needs to change plans, is unable to foresee easily predictable situations, and regrets choices after making them. What are people in general, and people of faith in particular, supposed to do with biblical stories like these? The answer to that question will affect not only our beliefs about God’s knowledge, but about every single thing we believe about God.
Putting the Pieces Together After Deconstruction
“What do we do now?” During our faith transitions, this was a question we asked ourselves often. What does it mean to be Christian without being certain about who God is? How do we value a Bible that isn’t inerrant? Join Pete Enns and Jared Byas as they reflect on their own personal journey with letting go of a certain type of faith and learning to build a new one. Pete and Jared will share their stories and consider principles, tips, and practices they’ve learned along the way.
Reframing God: An Introduction to Open and Relational Theology
In this four-week course, Thomas Jay Oord introduces us to open and relational theology.
How the Bible Actually Works
The Bible is weird. It’s an ancient, ambiguous, and diverse book and there’s no one right way to read it. Join Pete as he explains how the Bible can lead us to wisdom rather than answers, and why that is good news. Whether you are frustratedly Christian, barely Christian, or formerly Christian – this six-part video series is intended for you.
