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Abuse of Power and Influence
In his book, Principle-Centred Leadership, Stephen Covey wrote about the difference between the power and influence that come from coercion and...
Hophni and Phinehas: Violence, and Flying Monkeys
Yesterday we started looking at Hophni and Phinehas’s behaviour with the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Was it sexual...
Did Hophni and Phinehas commit sexual assault?
Did Hophni and Phinehas commit sexual assault? The writer of 1 Samuel tells us: Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were...
Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas
One of the harshest punishments we ever see in the Old Testament is towards Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas. What did they do that was so wrong?
1 and 2 Samuel are full of stories and examples about abuse. That makes sense. Sin plays a heavy role in the way these stories progress, and what we now call “abuse” is a grouping of different harmful or toxic behaviours: different sins.
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