Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Akiva’s Solution

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “Who is like You among the gods, O Lord?  Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?”  Exodus 15:11  NASB Who is like You – I’m sure you noticed that Moses’ question implies multiple gods.  “Who is like You among the gods?” isn’t the way we would ask.  We live in a “one God” universe. …

  • I Deserve It

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.  Psalm 18:20  NASB According to – I don’t know many who could have written these words: The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord,…

  • MEDICAL TERRORISM

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    A few years ago Brené Brown wrote something about terrorism.  At the time she was thinking in terms of the terrorist acts we witnessed since the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, but what she wrote has some current, chilling implications.  Here’s what she said: “Terrorism is time-released fear.  The ultimate goal of…

  • A Psalm of Wishful Thinking

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Do not fret because of evildoers, be not envious toward wrongdoers. For they will wither quickly like the grass and fade like the green herb.  Psalm 37:1-2  NASB Wither quickly – Stop!  Before you read my homily on Psalm 37:1-2, read the entire psalm.  It will only take a minute or so.  I’ll wait. Ready?  What was your…

  • Savings Account

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;  2 Timothy 3:16  NASB Profitable – When Paul writes that the Tanakh is profitable, what does he mean?  Before we take a run at this question, we should probably remind ourselves of a few obvious things: (1) in this…

  • The Canon

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    I recently read a paper by Kristofer Carlson on the development of the canon.  As you probably already know, the real history of the Bible is nothing like the usual Sunday school teaching, and is often at odds with theological educators.  Carlson’s work traces the details of the controversies and decisions that brought about our…

  • The Feeling God

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “Speak this word to them: ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.’” Jeremiah 14:17 NIV Without ceasing – Theology has a deep, intrinsic problem.  The Bible doesn’t have this problem because the Bible isn’t theology.  Theology is the…

  • Reading Without Vowels

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.  Exodus 14:30  NASB Saved – A language without vowels is a language in a state of constant interpretation.  Every time it is read, vowels must be inserted.  That means every act of reading is a personal…