Christians get a bad rap these days because, well, a lot of them deserve it. We don't glorify God with our actions or our words. But why is that?
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How to defeat the green-eyed monster (Deuteronomy 2)
Jealousy and I go way back. But what if you didn't have to be? Jealous, I mean? Of anyone?
A Tale of Two Sinners (Numbers 31)
Which one are you?
Pinky Promise (Numbers 30)
When an Israelite in the Bible times made a vow to God, it was private, between them and God. Unless, of course, if they were a woman. What gives?
God and Unicorns (Numbers 24)
The monologue Balaam goes on in Numbers 24 is sweeping, poetic, fantastic - practically mythological. Hey, they do always say that the Bible is a book of fairy tales!
I shall fear no evil? (Numbers 23)
For every disaster or disease or crime or pestilence, there's a sermon given by an earnest pastor who goes on and on and on about God's faithfulness and His power and His love and His protection - while smoothly skipping over the fact that plenty of people were not protected, and did indeed suffer.
The One Habit That’s Ruining Your Relationship (Numbers 22)
We want "yes", but God says "no". Or we want "no", when God actually says "yes". What are we supposed to do in these situations?
The First Stage of Grief (Numbers 19)
"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart." - Ecclesiastes 7:2 This verse used to get on my last nerve.
The Best Worst Gift God Ever Gave (Numbers 18)
A gift? Really? That? What was God thinking?
Didn’t I Tell You? (Numbers 17)
Some of the men of Judah or Dan or Naphtali or Ephraim were not pleased. They wanted a different answer. They didn't want to obey. They didn't like God's decision. They disagreed with His law. Can you believe that? Of course you can.