A casual reading of Numbers 32 could lead one to think that the tribes of Reuben and Gad were either selfish, lazy, or chicken. It seems, initially at least, that they’re trying to get out of crossing the Jordan and fighting the Canaanites; they’d be just as happy to stay on the east side and…
Surely our sensibilities are shocked, our hearts grieved, with the images, video footage, and expressions of outrage we see on the news and various social media outlets. One gets the sense that this isn’t a protest; it’s war. This reality struck me seeing the image of an armed “occupier” at the so-called “autonomous zone” in…