Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Birth Pangs (3)

    Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”  Genesis 1:6 NASB Expanse – Remember this?  “. . . the Ishmaelian reading of experience is, like all logical readings, subject to refutation and falsification,” while “Akiva’s esoteric reading of experience is, like all…

  • Birth Pangs (2)

    Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”  Genesis 1:6 NASB Expanse – Birth is painful.  If you’re the mother, I don’t have to tell you that, but I’m not talking about birthing.  I’m talking about being born.  It’s a blessing that…

  • Birth Pangs (1)

    Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”  Genesis 1:6 NASB Expanse – Genesis chapter 1 is undoubtedly the least understood and most misunderstood chapter in all the Bible.  Oh, it’s so familiar to us that we think we know what…

  • Akiva’s Solution

    “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

    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

    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

    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…