In 1123, during the height of the Crusades, King Baldwin II of Jerusalem was captured by his enemy, the fierce Ortoqid ...

What does the Bible say about curses in the life of a believer? Is it possible for a born again spirit filled believer to be cursed? In Ephesians 1:3 the Bible says “Blessed be the God and ...

Balaam failed in his mission and instead pronounced blessings. His failure was so significant that Balak dismissed him with scorn and derision, sending him back to his land. At the end of the ...

In this past week’s Torah portion Balak, we learned about the great sorcerer Balaam, and this is an opportunity to discuss the prohibition of sorcery and its significance. God commanded Israel ...

In addition, both leaders rely on sorcerers – in the case of Pharaoh, the chartumim (magicians); in the case of Balak, the heathen prophet Balaam – to achieve their horrific goal. And in ...

Once upon a time, in the days when men were still men and lizards walked in twos, there was a materialistic, covetous fellow called Balaam, for whom the word ‘enough’ didn’t exist at all.

And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his ...

The first is Balak, king of Moab, a small kingdom east of the Land of the Israel. The second is Balaam, a complex person with magical powers who believes in God yet does not surrender to Him quickly.

The poet Balaam had gained a considerable reputation among the Moabitish tribes for his fine flow of maledictory verse. When Balak had become alarmed over the progress of the invading Israelites ...