Context of the Community

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

forsaking the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,   2 Peter 2:15  NASB Balaam –  OK, so Peter uses a reference to someone in the Tanakh in order to demonstrate the misguided path of the false teachers.  So?  Before we…

In The East

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star shall come forth from Jacob, a scepter shall rise from Israel . . .” Numbers 24:17 Come Forth – Balaam was not the best among the prophets.  His story reads with a touch of humor and pathos.  But when it comes…