The Rest of Confusion

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Thus says the Lord, “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness—Israel, when it went to find its rest.” Jeremiah 31:2 To find its rest – Good luck with this one! The root rāgaʿ is a very difficult one to separate into its philological and semantic relationships. Although there is a development…

Sin in Repose

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.   Genesis 4:7  NASB Crouching – Genesis chapter 4 is the story of Cain and Abel.  It is a story that we have probably known since childhood.  It is the story of the results of allowing the yetzer ha’ra…