Discovering God

  Sermon Reflections from Palm Sunday | Alex Hardt | March 29, 2026 Palm Sunday Pastor Alex blended our study of the Old Testament reading in Numbers of the story of Balaam and the Palm Sunday journey by Jesus into Jerusalem. On the surface they would seem to be totally unrelated stories. However, on closer inspection we see that Balaam and the crowd that was noisily shouting at Jesus as he entered the city had similar hidden motives. Balaam was an entrepreneur, seer that was out for money. The messengers from king Balak came to him asking him to curse the people of Israel. There were so many of them king Balak was afraid and wanted them gone. Numbers 22:7 “ So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand.” They came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message. 8 And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” Balaam wanted the money so he decided to ask God. Here ...