Dividing the Inheritance

The lists of names and places that we find sprinkled throughout the Old Testament are often viewed as very boring material by modern Christians, and more often than not they'll simply skip over chapters made up of these lists. 'This isn't relevant or helpful to me' they conclude.

But in doing so we not only forget that this is the material that makes up the history of redemption we are separating ourselves from our brothers and sisters in the faith and their own struggles and ignoring a potential source of growth and blessing.