Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Jewish Jude

    Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25  NASB The only God our Savior – Peter H….

  • Step Number Two

    September 11  Therefore, all who are mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well;  Philippians 3:15  NASB Will reveal – Our previous investigation of this verse challenged us to be tolerant and patient.  That’s not easy to do in a world where religions…

  • Step Number One

    Therefore, all who are mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well;  Philippians 3:15  NASB Will reveal – Course correction—continuously.  That’s what we really need.  Each of us is perfectly equipped to get going.  We all see the goal.  But the bog stands…

  • The Empty Place

    Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus.  Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,   Philippians 3:12-13…

  • Cruising

    Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,  Hebrews 12:1  NASB So easily entangles – Ten years ago I wrote a piece about this…

  • Just When We Thought We Were Done

    The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.  Job 42:12a  NIV More than – We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the story of Job.  Perhaps we’ve uncovered a few hidden things.  But the real lesson is the meta-text, that is, the assumptions that inform any reading of this story. …

  • Sinners in the Hands of

    Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things;  no purpose of yours can be thwarted.  Job 42:1-2  NIV Thwarted – In the end . . . God.  But, of course, we should have known that since “in the beginning God” sets the stage for the entire Bible.  In the end,…

  • Celestial Debate (2)

    Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.  Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.  Job 13:15  NASB I will hope – You’ll recall that a few months ago we looked at the rather famous verse and noticed that there was a difference between the written text and the way the text is read.  I…