Didn’t expect this leftist garbage from a Baptist church.
Edit: thanks for the support pedes. My faith in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is not diminished. I’m just disappointed in the pastor. I will keep looking for a church that is rooted in God only.
I look at the old testament as history, and I view life as a scientist (physician/former-engineer) and unabashed supernaturalist. The reason why I look at the OT so, is archaeological, as the texts in it exist in the record at wildly different (and old) dates, which substantiates a consistent reading across time. Heiser's work is in that field, called "lower criticism"; it's publicly accessible, as he writes popularly too. Also, look into thebibleproject.com (high production value) and bible.ca (high theological value), too. None of this -maybe- will help you find a home, but it may help you find a mooring.