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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Bible is a major stumbling block to faith for many people. But there is another way to understand the Bible and its portrayal of God.<\/span><\/p>\n The God depicted in the Bible is confusing. At one point, God seems to command us to love our neighbors as ourselves, but at another time God seems to command genocide, or ever the desctruction of the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n How do we make sense of the different and contradicting understandings of God in the Bible?<\/span><\/p>\n This is not a new question. Christians throughout history have struggled with it. As it turns out, one of the things we need to do when answering that question is unlearn much of what we have been taught about the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, if you read certain description of God in the Bible and you think, \u201cGod can\u2019t be a violent monster like that\u201d you are not alone. Your intuition is correct.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this video series, Pastor Adam provides the tools that will help you unlearn many of the harmful teachings about the Bible so that you can discover a much deeper and more healing understanding of the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n Because God is not a violent monster who demands genocide. 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\nthe Word of God<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 2: Why You Should Run
\nFrom Bible Believing Churches<\/b><\/h3>\nPart3: Why the Bible Is Not
\nthe Infallible Word of God.<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 4:\u00a0Q: How do we know
\nwhat\u00a0Jesus wants us to do?
\nA: He says love. The Bible
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\nScripture and How Christians
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\nthe Christ Figure
\nin the Old Testament<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 7: Genesis 1 Is
\nNot Science.\u00a0It Is Story.<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 8: The Flood Is Not
\nLiteral History.
\nIt’s a True Story. <\/b><\/h3>\nPart 9:\u00a0The Flood Part 2 –
\nThe Flood\u00a0Changes
\nOur View of God<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 10: Exposing the
\nFundamental Flaw
\nof Religion<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 11:\u00a0The Bible is not
\nthe Word of God.
\nWhat about 2 Timothy 3:16?<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 13: You Shall Know
\nthe Truth\u00a0and the Truth
\nShall Set You Free.
\nWhat does that even mean?<\/b><\/h3>\nPart 14: Not Every Depiction
\nof God in the Bible is True.<\/b><\/h3>\n