--- title: "1 Fine print Quotes By Peter Enns" description: "1 Fine print quotes by Peter Enns. Plus more from Peter Enns and more Fine print sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/peter-enns-28232_bible_the-bible-isn-t-a-cookbook-deviate-from_251400.jpg" --- > [“The Bible isn’t a cookbook—deviate from the recipe and the soufflé falls flat. It’s not an owner’s manual—with detailed and complicated step-by-step instructions for using your brand-new all-in-one photocopier/FAX machine/scanner/microwave/DVR/home security system. It’s not a legal contract—make sure you read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/the-bible-isn-t-a-cookbook-deviate-from-the-recipe-and-the-souffl/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/peter-enns-28232_bible_the-bible-isn-t-a-cookbook-deviate-from_251400.jpg) ## More by Peter Enns > [“I find it strangely comforting that walking the path of Christian faith means being confronted moment by moment with what is counterintuitive and ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/i-find-it-strangely-comforting-that-walking-the-path-of-christian/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“No attempt should be made to "reconcile" Yahweh's hardening of Pharaoh's heart (plagues 6,8,9,10) with statements in the other plagues that Pharaoh hardened his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/no-attempt-should-be-made-to-reconcile-yahweh-s-hardening-of-pharaoh/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“The Bible isn’t a cookbook—deviate from the recipe and the soufflé falls flat. It’s not an owner’s manual—with detailed and complicated step-by-step instructions for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/the-bible-isn-t-a-cookbook-deviate-from-the-recipe-and-the-souffl/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“Ours is a historical faith, and to uproot the Bible from its historical contexts is self-contradictory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/ours-is-a-historical-faith-and-to-uproot-the-bible-from-its/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“Doubt is God’s instrument, will arrive in God’s time, and will come from unexpected places—places out of your control. And when it does, resist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/doubt-is-god-s-instrument-will-arrive-in-god-s-time-and-will-come/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“I’VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY of rediscovering the Bible and the God behind it for over thirty years and I don’t see that journey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/i-ve-been-on-a-journey-of-rediscovering-the-bible-and-the-god-behind/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [ “\[The Lord's Supper teaches that\] Rituals are good, and they are instituted and used by God to 'connect' his people with him. We learn… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/the-lord-s-supper-teaches-that-rituals-are-good-and-they-are/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something it’s not meant to be, isn’t a pious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/sweating-bullets-to-line-up-the-bible-with-our-exhausting/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“The bottom line is that for Wellhausen and many other biblical scholars before and since, the Pentateuch as we know it (an important qualification)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/the-bottom-line-is-that-for-wellhausen-and-many-other-biblical/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“judging by how the Bible actually behaves—God did not design scripture to be a hushed afternoon in an oak-paneled library. Instead, God has invited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/judging-by-how-the-bible-actually-behaves-god-did-not-design/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [If you are expecting Paul to read the Bible like it was set in stone, you will find yourself getting pretty nervous. For Paul,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/if-you-are-expecting-paul-to-read-the-bible-like-it-was-set-in-stone/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“This is extremely significant. Knowing something of when the Pentateuch came to be, even generally, affects our understanding of why it was produced in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/this-is-extremely-significant-knowing-something-of-when-the/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“The Pentateuch was not authored out of whole cloth by a second-millennium Moses but is the end product of a complex literary process—written, oral,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/the-pentateuch-was-not-authored-out-of-whole-cloth-by-a-second/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“Repetition and familiarity work. What is repeated becomes familiar, and this becomes a part of us. Our own culture understands this, but alas, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/repetition-and-familiarity-work-what-is-repeated-becomes-familiar-and/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) > [“It is only to admit that what we have cannot be explained as an early (second-millennium-BC) document written essentially by one person (Moses). Rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-enns/it-is-only-to-admit-that-what-we-have-cannot-be-explained-as-an-early/) [Peter Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-enns/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fine-print/peter-enns/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fine print Quotes By Peter Enns", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Bible isn’t a cookbook—deviate from the recipe and the soufflé falls flat. 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