Rahab
Thinking about Rahab today. I found a link to here story in James 2:24ff...but anyway. Who is this lady who goes down with the cloud of witnesses in the biblical text (Heb. 11) as one of the "faithful." I mean I thought she held out on her own people, was a traitor, and not to mention a whore, not to mention a liar, and not to mention she made a deal with God's people that worked out in her favor (see Joshua 2:1-3ff and Josh 6:23ff). Who is this lady who does "it all wrong" or at least shows serious sign of "moral failure"? Who is this "faithful" prositute, rule bender, and liar?

Yet she is part of our sacred story. And not just a small scale player. Sometimes things aren't as they seem. This makes me wonder what does it really mean to be a man or woman of faith?
- posted by Jacob B. @ 3:45 PM