Flip-Flopping

Read  Deuteronomy 12:1 through 14:29 Have you ever known someone whose thinking on any given issue changed constantly? Maybe they followed the latest celebrity-endorsed fad diet. Or perhaps they have assumed a dozen different political identities. Changing one’s mind all the time about these things might make a person seem a little silly, but no eternal harm is done by …

Just One Man

Read  Numbers 24:1 through 25:18 History washes over the masses of humanity, obliterating all traces of the individual. Civilizations rise and fall, and men unleash cruelty upon each other as they have done for ages. What power can one person wield against the overwhelming power of history? Ask Moses. Ask Paul. Ask Copernicus or Martin Luther or Abraham Lincoln or …

Reaching a Conclusion

Read  Numbers 11:1 through 13:33 God instructed Moses to send men to explore the land of Canaan. Using spies in this way was common in that culture; people wanted to know about the land they hoped to enter. But this wasn’t just a typical investigation. This was a next step—a long-awaited step—for God’s people to enter the land He had …