Today we finish and leave behind the book of Numbers and most of Deuteronomy. So how do we begin but with war of course. Well, war and a touch of rebellion as the warriors disobey by attempting to bring Midianite women into camp. These are the same women who just earlier had attempted to destroy Israel by sexually enticing them to worship the Baal of Peor.

In our modern sensitivities it is a difficult passage to begin with, there is bloodshed by God's people in time of war as well as in the aftermath of war. I definitely want to work through some of these hard questions on the blog, but unfortunately this isn't the time for it. I have a rather large portion of Scripture to read today and thus I must move on. But I cannot leave the 31st chapter of Numbers without observing that impurity must be purged even from the artifacts of another culture. It brings to mind the Haitian market which I've visited in the past.

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I bade farewell to a friend today, Bob Ewell who works with the navigators was here teaching principles of discipleship to the pastoral students at Emmaus Biblical Seminary. He had finished his two week module and was racing back home to be at another function on Friday. I pray he makes it.

I however was just starting out today. People here keep asking how the first day went and my answer is rather consistent: I'm not sure. Nothing went wrong, that's for certain but I haven't really clicked with my translator Guenson either. I will soon, I'm certain of that. I've worked with him before and he's very talented. The first day for me is a bit staccato. First there are brief introductions, then we go over the syllabus and eventually we try to start the class while I ask some questions and try to get a grip on where my students are at.

For the first portion of my Spiritual Warfare classes I start with some basic world view principles. North American Christians typically have a more naturalistic or perhaps I should say, minimally spiritualistic world view. Haitian Christians however have grown up in a culture that is saturated with spiritism. The reality of the matter is that North American Christians think too little of the demonic while Haitian Christians think too much of it. Neither is Biblically balanced and I try to fix that during the course.