What's God Saying Here?: How to Navigate Awkward, Troubling, and Bizarre Passages We Would Rather Skip Author Rebecca Bender Abilene Christian University) is the

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What's God Saying Here?: How to Navigate Awkward, Troubling, and Bizarre Passages We Would Rather Skip Author Rebecca Bender Abilene Christian University) is thePreachers and teachers are expected in Scripture to teach the whole counsel of God. Yet, in the Bible, God says some rather odd things, and strange things seem to happen. The natural tendency for preachers and teachers alike is to skip over such troubling texts. We tend to cherry pick from passages that we like and conveniently stray from texts or verses that are confrontational or bizarre. Many teachers of the Bible will ask, "How do you teach that?