Weird Stuff in the Bible

I got sick! Something like strep throat- and I was in bed all weekend. I could not record a new episode this week, unfortunately, as my voice was not strong enough to record yet as of Tuesday morning. Fortunately, I had already recorded an extra episode a few months ago, and it’s been sitting patiently on my hard drive until I needed it. So, here’s a reflection on the Book of Enoch study- which comes at a great time, since next week’s episode will also tie in with some insights from the Book of Enoch.

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You will often hear people claim that it’s “dangerous” for Christians to read the Book of Enoch. 

And that’s literally the word that they’ll use. Dangerous.

I’m not trying to pick on anyone so I won’t name names, but if you google it, you’ll find plenty of people telling you that the Book of Enoch should be avoided because it can be so dangerous to your faith.

Now, I often find these fears a little silly and overblown. I mean, if I thought that the book of Enoch was dangerous to read, I wouldn’t have spent the first six months of this year studying it.

However, now that I have, I would say I think there’s one—maybe two—maybe even three fair criticisms that someone could levy against the book of Enoch. 

So I want to share my thoughts on those, and then give a few reasons why I actually believe all Christians should study the book of Enoch anyway.

So it’s not so much a bible study today as it is a reflection or retrospective on this year’s study. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:40 - Enoch & Paul Harvey

6:00 - Three Dangers of the Book of Enoch

19:15 - Three Reasons to Read It Anyway

26:05 - The Rest of the Story

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