For many Christians, the story of Balaam and his donkey is on par with that of Jonah and the great fish. To often we tend to minimize these OT Bible stories and relegate them to the status of the “fun parts” of the Bible, suitable only for small children. But as we mature in our faith and begin to earnestly study Holy Scripture we find that Jesus, Peter, Jude and of course Moses, took the story quite literally and with deadly seriousness.