# The Sin of Balaam

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Podcast: [Selling Jesus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854)
Published: 2025-12-17T20:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Read here. Balaam is considered the prototypical false teacher by the New Testament authors. This article dives into the characteristics of Balaam and how we can use this example to identify a biblical description of a false teacher. ⁠⁠ sellingjesus.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ thedoreanprinciple.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ copy.church

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