How comfortable are you with nuance? The pandemic accelerated and forced change upon everyone and every organization. Moreover, we keep hearing more about how A.I. is rapidly changing our present and future.

But how comfortable are you with nuance in your understanding of God? How accustomed is the church to shifting its understanding of how God functions in our world? Have we prepared people for such changes?

“As for me, my inherited beliefs eventually ran out of steam and collapsed in on themselves. They could no longer explain my day-to-day experiences and, rather, always seemed to be at odds with them. This led to a dark and difficult period in my life of not knowing what to believe, if anything,” said Dr. Pete Enns on the CBF Podcast Conversation.

We sat down with the Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University and the co-host of The Bible for Normal People podcast to discuss his new book Curveball: When Faith Takes a Turn You Never Saw Coming. He’s also authored numerous bestselling books, including How the Bible Actually Works, The Bible Tells Me So, The Evolution of Adam, and The Sin of Certainty.

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Andy Hale is the creator and host of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Podcast. Hale is the Associate Executive Coordinator of CBF North Carolina. He’s also served as CBF’s Church Start Specialist, the founding pastor of Mosaic Church of Clayton, and the senior pastor of University Baptist Church of Baton Rouge. Follow on Twitter @haleandy.