Month: November 2007

We were saying that a student of mine, intending to be humble, said he would be satisfied if he preached only as well as Balaam’s donkey. I had reacted to that by remarking that, were he to attain unto the level of quality found in the donkey’s only recorded epistle, he’d rank in the 95 … [Read more…]

One of my students recently had an opportunity to fill a pulpit. When I sent him a brief encouragement just before his cherished opportunity to bring the Word to Gods people, he wrote back to me, “If I’m as good as Balaam’s donkey, I’ll be satisfied.” And well should he be! Balaam’s ass actually sets … [Read more…]