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A More Christlike Word: Reading Scripture the Emmaus Way is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Scriptures are an essential aspect of the Christian faith. But we have often equated them with the living Word Himself, even elevating them above the One to whom they point. In doing so, we have distorted their central message—and our view of God. Tragically, this has caused multitudes of people unnecessary doubt, confusion, and pain in their encounters with the Scriptures. Many people...

It’s there in Numbers 31. Could the Abba Jesus revealed say, “Go kill all the Amalekites for the sins of their great-great-great-great-grandparents. Why? Because they attacked you when you came out of Egypt four centuries ago.5 Kill the men, the women, the children, the infants, the animals. Wipe them all out for the sins of their ancestors. No mercy.” Could the Abba of Jesus issue these commands? Did he? First Samuel 15 seems to say so. Could Christ himself demand merciless death-dealing—the One who