Mark Twain famously said “to trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master." Even Christians struggle with an Old Testament God who commands genocides and describes himself as both vengeful and jealous. But Brad Cole attests that "The message of the Bible . . . points to the character of God as being all-good, all-loving, and even incorporating supreme humility, service and kindness."