Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Empathy

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7  NASB He cares – Peter writes to those who are anxious, suffering, and confused.  They believe.  They live according to their beliefs.  The Messiah is…

  • Forced Rest

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:  Deuteronomy 28:15  NIV Curses – I’m writing this in April.  You’re reading it in July.  Hopefully what I have to say no longer applies,…

  • Greco-Jewish Theology

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Exalted be the living God* and praised,. He exists—unbounded by time is His existence.*  He is One—and there is no unity like His Oneness.  Morning Blessings, ArtScroll Siddur, p. 15 Unbounded by time – The line above is from the morning service in the Jewish Prayer Book.  The asterisks in the sentence indicate that there…

  • The Prophetic Commentaries

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    ANNOUNCEMENT! I have just finished the collection of a 649 page book of investigations and reflections on the verses in the Prophets, from Isaiah to Malachi, IN BIBLICAL ORDER.  Now you can read your Bible and follow along with every verse I have written about at the same time.  It is available ONLY as a…

  • John, the Philosopher

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.  1 John 1:1  NIV This we proclaim – If you read this text in the NIV, you would immediately be confronted with a…

  • Kitchen Sink

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.  Matthew 23:26  NASB Inside – This morning I wanted to write something profound in novel form.  As I walked down the hall to my office, it suddenly struck me that there were…

  • Stranger in a Strange Land

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen  1 Peter 1:1  NASB Aliens – Are you one of the parepídēmois?  Translated as “aliens,” we might be tempted to read this as Grundmann explains it: “Christians are only temporary residents on earth and must not let their lives be shaped by its interests. They…