Interestingly enough, following the Board’s vote against Enns, 9 trustees resigned. Beginning August 1, 2008, Enns and Westminster decided to part ways. However, the situation was referred to the Board of Trustees who, in the spring of 2008, voted 18-9 to suspend Enns from his position following the May graduation of 2008. That’s important for Westminster Theological Seminary.Īfter 2 years of faculty meetings, headed up by seminary president, Peter Lillback, the faculty voted 12-8 confirming that Enns’ book was within the confines of the Westminster Confession. What the book taught, which is what he taught in class for his 14-year career at Westminster, left some of the seminary administration questioning whether the book fell within the confines of the Westminster Confession of Faith. With the 2005 release of his book, Inspiration and Incarnation, in which he argues for an “incarnational” understanding of Scripture, controversy began to stir at Westminster. He taught both Old Testament and Hermeneutics (how to interpret Scripture) up until 2008. He received his MDiv in 1989, and after finishing an MA and PhD at Harvard, he was hired back at Westminster in 1994. Peter Enns was a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (maybe the flagship Reformed-Presbyterian seminary in America). It is a tough one, one that stirs empathy in me.
I actually think that, to understand Enns’ theological views and perspectives, one needs to know his story. Enns takes issue with a strongly conservative, evangelical approach towards defending Scripture, or perhaps even more, his challenge goes out to all who embrace the word inerrancy as an apt adjective describing the nature of Scripture. Thanks to HaperCollins for the book!Īs with most books, the subtitle easily identifies the thesis of this work. Not too long ago, I received a review copy of Peter Enns’ newest release, The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It.
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