Peter Enns Quote
That’s what Paul is after. Dying leads to real living—Christ who lives in me, a life so deeply connected to the divine that we no longer live, but our lives are hidden with Christ in God. Dying with Jesus leads to new life now, what Paul calls a movement from death to life (Romans 6:1–14). This is good news, the best news. When we die, God doesn’t leave us dead. God brings us back to life—raising us from the dead, as Paul puts it. We die in order to be raised, and not just in a future one-day-at-the-end-of-the-world way we talk about at funerals. Dying and rising is how followers of Jesus live and experience God in the present.
Peter Enns
That’s what Paul is after. Dying leads to real living—Christ who lives in me, a life so deeply connected to the divine that we no longer live, but our lives are hidden with Christ in God. Dying with Jesus leads to new life now, what Paul calls a movement from death to life (Romans 6:1–14). This is good news, the best news. When we die, God doesn’t leave us dead. God brings us back to life—raising us from the dead, as Paul puts it. We die in order to be raised, and not just in a future one-day-at-the-end-of-the-world way we talk about at funerals. Dying and rising is how followers of Jesus live and experience God in the present.
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About Peter Enns
Peter Eric Enns (born January 2, 1961) is an American Biblical scholar and theologian. He has written widely on hermeneutics, Christianity and science, historicity of the Bible, and Old Testament interpretation. Outside of his academic work Enns is a contributor to HuffPost and Patheos. He has also worked with Francis Collins' The BioLogos Foundation. His book Inspiration and Incarnation challenged conservative/mainstream Evangelical methods of biblical interpretation. His book The Evolution of Adam questions the belief that Adam was a historical figure. He also wrote The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It and The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More than Our 'Correct' Beliefs.