BALAAM: PROPHETIC PITFALLS

Balaam was a great Old Testament Prophet who fell into snares that have made him a parable of shame in the call to the prophetic ministry. The pitfalls of the past are meant to be signposts of caution to later travellers, which is what makes this remarkable insight into the life of Balaam an imperative narrative. In Prophet Balaam we come upon enigmatic tragic ironies; how the prophet of God declined into a detestable soothsayer; how the famed seer became so blind he could not see his own death standing stark in his path; how a prophet got so deaf he couldn’t hear what thundered so loud even to his donkey; how the famed prophet fell so low as to beget to himself the name of a Mad Prophet.

Follow The Preacher through the life of this once-upon-a-time mighty man of God to learn how to tell true prophets from soothsayers, and mark also the spots where he slipped; money, power, fame, and the abuse of grace, so we do not fall where he slipped.