Plagued by questions about the divine truth of the Bible, today’s young Christians are doubting their faith as never before, says Peter Enns, professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside.
But when Enns wrote a book urging wobbly believers to embrace man’s role in shaping the Bible, he plunged the famously conservative seminary into crisis.
Westminster’s board of trustees suspended Enns, 47, from his teaching post in March, and has ordered a four-day hearing to determine if he should be dismissed “for the good of the seminary.”
Some of his supporters are condemning the hearing, due to begin Aug. 25, as a “heresy trial.”
They say the trustees want to harden the school’s national reputation as a fortress of ultra-orthodox Calvinism, and purge perceived “liberals” from the faculty.
In an attempt to be open, honest, and sincere, I have to admit I have haunting concerns about man’s role in shaping the Bible. You may call this a lack of faith, and that may be true, but it’s my honest feelings.
Hopefully one day John 8:32 will ring true for me.
