Let’s Hear It for Leviticus!
Why would God punish people for sins they didn’t know they were committing?
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If It Happened to Him …
Quick: What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when I say “Balaam”? Talking donkey? Greedy? Sold out God’s people? This is generally how we remember him. But we sometimes forget that Balaam was actually a prophet of God. Yes, a real prophet! In fact, he was so accustomed to talking to the Almighty …
I Blew It — Now What?
How do you feel when you sin? Frustrated? Guilty? Ashamed? And what do you do about it? I found a nice little protocol for this situation—turns out, God outlined a plan for the Israelites after they asked for a king (1 Samuel 12:20-25). Now, just to be clear, this wasn’t what you might call …