Balaam’s Failure and the Nicolaitans

King Balak feared that the Israelites would overwhelm his nation. He had good reason to feel afraid; the book of Numbers tells us that the children of Israel had already defeated several neighboring countries when they reached Balak’s kingdom. The news of their...
What’s in a Name? Jesus Gives Names

What’s in a Name? Jesus Gives Names

When God spoke his name to Moses at the burning bush, he uttered a word so holy that for centuries it was almost never spoken aloud. We still don’t know today how the word was pronounced. I wrote about the sacred tetragrammaton, the four letters, in a recent blog...