have been guilty, but also scandalous financial misconduct, anger, domestic abuse, substance abuse, laziness, and pride. Neither is it just the leaders. There are numerous less-famous cases of professing Christian men and women acting disgracefully. This chapter is so heartbreaking that we almost want to skip over it quickly. But I thank God for recording this incident in His perfect Word. The Bible, unlike other religious books, is brutally honest about its heroes. Noah got drunk. Abraham lied and
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