Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • The Utopian Rebellion – Guest Author

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    The Utopian Rebellion by Matt Woodward In February 2026, Generative Artificial Intelligence advanced to Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Hornyack, 2025). Unlike Generative AI, which generates content when prompted, Agentic AI operates independently toward goals, using tools, making decisions, and managing workflows without ongoing human guidance. This shift prompts companies to reconsider how people, robots, and…

  • Necessarily Hidden

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    He further said, “You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!” Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place [j]by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed…

  • What’s the Point?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?  Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23  NIV   You sent me – In a previous investigation of these…

  • The Vocabulary of Trust (rewind)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, “You are my God.”  Psalm 31:14  NASB 1995   Trust – By now we should be quite familiar with bāṭaḥ (trust).  TWOT’s reminder is important: in Hebrew, bāṭaḥ expresses that sense of well-being and security which results from having something or someone in whom to place confidence. It is significant that the LXX never…

  • In God We Trust (rewind)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    My God, in You I trust.  Let me be not shamed, let my enemies not gloat over me.  Psalm 25:2  Robert Alter translation Trust – While we’re on the subject of trust, two prior Today’s Word editions are worth reviewing (today and tomorrow): Trust in God is more than a motto on the back of…

  • The Expectation of Justice

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?  Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23  NIV     You brought trouble – How we might wish that the…

  • Sure Sounds Like Church

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:  Philippians 1:1b  NASB     Oversees and deacons – Some English Bibles probably translate this as “bishops and deacons” since the Greek is epískopos and diákonos, but the “Christian” Church didn’t exist when Paul wrote to the assembly in Phillipi, so what could these words mean outside their later Christianization?  What do…

  • The Project of History

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    And all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.  Joshua 9:10  Chabad   And – I’ve provided the opening of this verse in Hebrew.  Do you notice anything unusual?  Did you see that there’s…