May 16 2008

Seminary Papers and Donkeys

My contributions to discussions here and on other blogs has really waned the last month or so, and I thought it might be nice to share with you all the stuff that occupied so much of my time!  I wrote three major papers this semester, and I think I will post two.  This paper is on Balaam and Numbers 22-24.  I chose the topic because I had no idea what was happening in that story.  So if you are as curious as I was, you may find this article beneficial.  Stay tuned for my second paper which I will post sometime next week. Read more »











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