1) Moses really, really knows how to tell a story. Contrary to what you may have previously thought — the book of Numbers makes for great reading.
2) Talked to a missionary from Guyana about training pastors there. Do I even know where that is?
3) Played a mean game of Jenga with a certain Youth Pastor who “cheated” and called it a win. I suppose he will claim he was unaware of the rules which he flagrantly violated. But is that a valid excuse? I still say the win should not count.
4) Did you know they make Vanilla Milkshake Pop Tarts? I found this out last night.
5) I appreciate how the MacArthur Study Bible nails the theological themes in Numbers in one paragraph:
Three theological themes permeate Numbers. First, the Lord Himself communicated to Israel through Moses (1:1; 7:89; 12:6–8), so the words of Moses had divine authority. Israel’s response to Moses mirrored her obedience or disobedience to the Lord. Numbers contains three distinct divisions based on Israel’s response to the word of the Lord: obedience (chaps. 1–10), disobedience (chaps. 11–25), and renewed obedience (chaps. 26–36). The second theme is that the Lord is the God of judgment. Throughout Numbers, the “anger” of the Lord was aroused in response to Israel’s sin (11:1, 10, 33; 12:9; 14:18; 25:3, 4; 32:10, 13, 14). Third, the faithfulness of the Lord to keep His promise to give the seed of Abraham the land of Canaan is emphasized (15:2; 26:52–56; 27:12; 33:50–56; 34:1–29).