Month: October 2012

  • Keep My Commandments

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”   John 16:33  NASB Take courage – In the Greek text, the word translated “take courage” is tharseite.  This verb (tharreo) means, “be confident, take courage, be bold,” in one of its forms, and “to trust, to rely on” in another form. …

  • Already Finished

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”   John 16:33  NASB Overcome – Here is the Greek word nenikeka.  This is the verb nike (you can see it in the middle of the word).  It means, “to be victorious over.”  Now you know why a shoe company in Portland…