Tag: balaam

  • Finding the Evangelical Freedom of Balaam in our Evangelical Church

    .. promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption.. 2 Peter 2:19a LSB Why does the Apostle Peter point to Balaam? Do evangelical pastors of Christ’s Church have the freedom to accept all prophesy and every doctrine? Note the similarities of the growing popularity of Balaam of Pethor, whom Moses introduces in Numbers…

    map of Moab to Midian from Numbers 22 and reference in 2 Peter 2 to Balaam
  • Philosophy – A horse is a horse, of course of course

    Or (logically speaking), is it? I preface our upcoming Christian conversation about doctrine with a caveat caution about philosophy and its pitfalls to our denominations of belief. If we are to stand near to the Lord God, man must choose in this mortal life between fruit from various trees of doctrine. Mr. Ed & Balaam’s…

  • Balaam – Inauguration of a Politician’s Prophet – 3

    Journey to an Inauguration Interrupted [In case you missed Part 1 or Part 2 of our long journey] We heard Balaam’s inaugural address in part in Numbers 24:3-9, first introduced in Part 1. Now we return to his journey toward the ceremonies of that momentous occasion. [ctt title=”Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and…