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Podcast: Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio
Episode: Numbers 22: Balaam's Talking Donkey and a Bought Prophet
Description: "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?" In one of Scripture's most unusual narratives, a donkey sees what a prophet cannot. Balak king of Moab hires Balaam to curse Israel, but God intervenes in spectacular fashion. The prophet's own animal rebukes him, and an angel bars the way. In this chapter, we encounter the danger of those who use religion for profit and the surprising ways God protects His people from threats they never even see. The Rev. Ben Maton, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Charlottesville, VA, joins...