Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Catechism (2)

    So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My lambs.” John 21:15 NASB Tend – Well, not exactly. “Feed” is probably better than “tend,”…

  • Prayer please

    Our dear compatriot, Sandra, in Missouri, wrote to tell me that the cancer she successful defeated five years ago is back.  She asked for prayer and emotional fortitude.  Please add her to your list. Skip

  • Catechism (1)

    Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. James 1:27 NASB Religion – thrēskeía is the Greek term James uses in this verse. But our translation obscures some of the odd history of…

  • Air Therapy

    For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NASB Fully Known – Sitting next to a total stranger in an airplane makes it easier, doesn’t it? Easier to talk about your troubles,…

  • Where the Heart Lies

    “but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’ ” Genesis 3:3 NASB  Middle – Only one tree was in the middle of the Garden—the Tree of Life (Genesis 2:9). At least that’s God’s…

  • The Zero Zone

    “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,” Job 38:4 NASB Understanding – Job has no answer for God’s question. Why didn’t he say, “Well, I just didn’t exist before You created the world.” That’s how we would answer. But our answer depends on having a concept of nothing,…

  • This One Is Not For You (3)

    For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of…

  • This One Is Not For You (2)

    For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of…

  • This One Is Not For You (1)

    For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of…

  • Parable Ethics?

    And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. Luke 16:8 NASB   Shrewdly – This has to be one of the strangest of all parables. Is Yeshua really praising a man who deliberately…