Dr. Harold Brack, the much beloved professor of Speech and Communications at Drew Theological Seminary, often shared with us that there are some Biblical texts which should be approached with great awe and reverence and preached only with fear and trembling, because no matter how much we share, it is only a glimpse or a snapshot of a much greater picture of truth. St. Jerome once said, "The Bible is like a stream in which elephants must swim and lambs may wade." This is especially true of this passage.

As a Boy Scout, I twice had the privilege of attending the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. We spent the good part of a day climbing up one of the majestic mountains that filled the landscape of this historic camp. From the top of the mountain, we had a gorgeous view of the cou…