As you read through the Bible, you discovered hundreds of individuals who were mentioned only once or twice; i.e., Hirah, Tattenai. They appeared, only to promptly disappear in the next couple of verses or chapter. Like me, you may have thought, "Surely, a more important character, action, or truth could have been put in the limited Bible space?"The apostle Paul answered our question, "Why are they even there?" He wrote that all scripture is valuable for teaching, correcting, and training in righteousness. We are to learn from the lives and actions of lesser known Bible characters. Their actions-the ones consistent with god's commands and those outside god's guidelines-are object lessons for our lives.When I read and reread Bible stories of lesser known characters, I saw that they didn't act in isolation. None was a hermit or recluse. None acted independently from other individuals in their environment. All was in one or more relationship, and relationships influenced their behavior. I concluded that the optimal way to study lesser known Bible characters was to look at their relational behavior.Join me in studying the behavior of seventy lesser known Bible personalities. See how their behavior mirrors yours. Utilize successes and failures in their relationships to enhance your relationships in the twenty-first century.
As you read through the Bible, you discovered hundreds of individuals who were mentioned only once or twice; i.e., Hirah, Tattenai. They appeared, only to promptly disappear in the next couple of verses or chapter. Like me, you may have thought, "Surely, a more important character, action, or truth could have been put in the limited Bible space?"The apostle Paul answered our question, "Why are they even there?" He wrote that all scripture is valuable for teaching, correcting, and training in righteousness. We are to learn from the lives and actions of lesser known Bible characters. Their actions-the ones consistent with god's commands and those outside god's guidelines-are object lessons for our lives.When I read and reread Bible stories of lesser known characters, I saw that they didn't act in isolation. None was a hermit or recluse. None acted independently from other individuals in their environment. All was in one or more relationship, and relationships influenced their behavior. I concluded that the optimal way to study lesser known Bible characters was to look at their relational behavior.Join me in studying the behavior of seventy lesser known Bible personalities. See how their behavior mirrors yours. Utilize successes and failures in their relationships to enhance your relationships in the twenty-first century.
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