by Steve Thomason | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Numbers 22:1-24:25 View the Updated Numbers Page here The story of Balaam raises many questions. We could spend pages trying to sort through them. Here are some observations from the Balaam story. 1. There was God outside of Israel. When we read through the books of...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Numbers 20:1-13 Wow, this is a harsh passage! How could God come down so hard on Moses for a simple thing like hitting a rock? After all, Moses had just spent 40 years listening to these people do nothing but whine and complain. A lesser man would have snapped long...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Numbers 16:1-17:13 Following God in obedience is a difficult task. Here is a harsh truth that would serve us all well to remember: when you step out in faith and follow what you feel God is asking you to do, you will almost always be misunderstood by the crowd around...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Numbers 14:1-45 What does forgiveness mean? When discussing God’s grace and forgiveness in light of God’s Law and justice, there seem to be two camps in the Christian community that sit on opposite extremes of the continuum. On one side there is the camp that says...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 16, 2010 | News
Numbers 9:15-23 How did God lead His people in the desert? Did He sit down with Moses and map out a strategic plan for how they were going to systematically march on Canaan and take it over? No. God led His people with two fundamental principles. If we would...