Read our latest issue or browse back issues. All of that changed in a glance at Deuteronomy 28: the blessings and the curses. I fell in love. This chapter should not have compelled me. Biblical ...

Blessing is similar to charm. In the Bible, blessings and curses are related; the book of Deuteronomy prescribes that obedience to the Torah brings God's blessing, while disobedience brings a curse.