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Thank you. 272-88888. Do you know someone with a short fuse?

Not just prickly, but volatile.

One small irritation can trigger a bout of rage.

It's not pretty.

Well, before we point any fingers, many of us can

recall times when we lashed out and bore the consequences of our wrath. Today, on Insight for Living,

Chuck Swindall reminds us that even the iconic leader of Israel, Moses, displayed moments of unbridled

fury. In this next study, we'll examine such a moment in Numbers Chapter 20 and the practical lessons for today.

Chuck titled his message, A Moment of Rage.

We were stunned by disbelief one Thursday morning in May of 1971.

The headlines of the morning paper read, 12 bodies found.

As we dug into the article, we discovered that it was the work of a madman north of us along

the Feather River, who had bludgeoned to death 12 and proved to be more than 12 people

and buried them in shallow graves along that river. If you were like me, your mind flashed back to

another act of unbelievable violence that occurred on the 1st of August, 1966.

That was that hot Texas morning when Charles Whitman took up to the observation deck of the

University of Texas Library Tower, a portable armory.

And before he finished his work and was killed himself, he had shot to death down below

some 16 innocent pedestrians. As if that were not enough, we raced back in our mind a few months

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