Pencil Preaching for Thursday, August 5, 2021. “Harden not your hearts” (Psalm 95:8). Nm 20:1-13; Matt 16:13-23. By pairing the story of Moses at Meribah with Peter’s profession of faith at ...

The rock which Moses struck to make water ## forth, still is trickling into the Syrian desert, according to a despatch from the Field Museum Desert Expedition.

Though it is amusing to think of a grieving Moses striking the entire nation of Iraq with a staff, being sprayed by water, and then mortally punished by God, he did, in fact, strike a rock. This ...

In this week’s Torah portion is the famous story of Moses hitting the rock to get water and God subsequently barring him from leading the nation to the land of Israel. Why would Moses do that ...

The famous story of Moses striking the rock precipitating a flow of water can be found in the book of Numbers in the Jewish Old Testament. There was no Iraq to speak of during the time of Moses.