What's God Saying Here: How to Navigate Awkward, Troubling, and Bizarre Passages We Would Rather Skip

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Preachers 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 Let's just move on to the next passage or the next verse."

In What's God Saying Here Eric J. Bargerhuff and Matthew D. Kim offer advice on how to handle and communicate 30 of the most confusing verses, passages, sayings, and stories in the Bible. With the authors' advice and encouragement and help from the Holy Spirit, preachers and teachers will be less fearful about teaching such confusing passages. Providing suggestions for exegeting, illustrating, and applying these difficult passages, this book offers guiding principles for teaching peculiar texts with greater precision and confidence.

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Eric J. Bargerhuff, PhD, is the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College, and Professor of Bible and Theology at Trinity College of Florida. In addition, he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theology for Shepherds Theological Seminary in Cary, North Carolina. He served in pastoral ministry for more than twenty years in churches in Ohio, Illinois, and Florida and received his PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Biblical and Systematic Theology. Eric's passion is to write about the interpretation and application of biblical principles for the purposes of spiritual growth and reform in the church. He and his family live in Trinity, Florida. Matthew D. Kim (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of preaching and pastoral leadership, holder of the George W. Truett endowed chair in preaching and evangelism, and director of the PhD in preaching program at Baylor Universitys George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He is the award-winning author and editor of more than a dozen books, including Preaching with Cultural Intelligence. He and his family live in Waco, Texas.