Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Cross Word Puzzles

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”  Luke 5:24  NIV Authority on earth – I wrote Cross Word Puzzles seven years ago.  A lot has changed since then.  In…

  • The Opposite of Facts

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?  Romans 8:24  NASB Is not hope – Suppose I asked you, “What is the opposite of facts?”  You might answer, “Fiction.”  You would be thinking, “Facts are true.  Fiction is not true.  Therefore, fiction is the…

  • Do We Have to Wait?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.  Romans 8:23  NASB For our adoption – Once again Paul seems a bit confused.  Or maybe it’s just that old nemesis, Hellenism.  Does he really say that we are eagerly…

  • What’s Changed?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.  Romans 8:22  NASB Until now – Paul wrote this sentence about one thousand nine hundred and fifty years ago.  The Greek words, achri nyn, (“up to this point in time”) indicate that Paul thought the universe was on the…

  • Whose Fault Is It?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope  Romans 8:20 NASB Not willingly – You know, the whole human race is in deep trouble.  We don’t think about this too often, but the truth is that we live on the cusp of extinction, both physically and spiritually.  A pandemic…

  • The “No Choice” Option

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.  Romans 8:21 NASB Slavery to corruption – If we’re going to understand Paul’s view of freedom, we will first need to understand Paul’s view of slavery.  He calls himself a slave,…