Here’s a disturbing story from the Book of Joshua story of a Israelite soldier named Achan who made a terrible mistake. What I say may not make the story any less disturbing, but we will hear a great spiritual lesson related to it from St. John of the Cross. Continue reading Achan’s Plunder – and Blunder

On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges. Continue reading On Jephthah’s Rash Oath

At least four passages of the Old Testament talk about God punishing the descendants of evil men down to the third and fourth generations.  How could a loving God do this? Continue reading Unto the Third and the Fourth Generation