We all chafe under what we perceive as overbearing leaders. Sometimes they really are overbearing, but sometimes it’s simply our resentment of and resistance against any authority. The path of wisdom is to discern which is which. We can fix our attitudes, but we may not be able to fix a bad situation with a bad leader. Then again, sometimes fixing the situation means not making it worse.
Numbers 16:1-18:32; 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22; Matthew 6:22-23, 20:25-28; Jude 1:1-25
Click here to download a transcript of this podcast: Shaky Ground
This coming week, 26 July-1 August 2026 (12-18 Av 5786), the Bible reading plan covers Eikev (Because). 26 Jul Deuteronomy 7:12-8:10 Jeremiah 52:1-34 Philippians
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We all chafe under what we perceive as overbearing leaders. Sometimes they really are overbearing, but sometimes it’s simply our resentment of and resistance against any authority. The path of wisdom is to discern which is which. We can fix our attitudes, but we may not be able to fix a bad situation with a bad leader. Then again, sometimes fixing the situation means not making it worse.
Numbers 16:1-18:32; 1 Samuel 11:14-12:22; Matthew 6:22-23, 20:25-28; Jude 1:1-25
Click here to download a transcript of this podcast: Shaky Ground
Music: “Forgiven Fate,” Dan Lebowitz, YouTube Audio Library, April, 2020. Listen to the complete audio on YouTube at https://youtu.be/04qy6i9mKRA?si=XLH7orlY9-GWZrWI.
Photo by Chris Hawkins, March 21, 2008, London, England, via Flickr.
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