Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Audible Visual

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” John 14:9 NASB Who has seen Me – Imagine standing with Philip during this conversation. Yeshua directs a question and a comment to…

  • Truth in Context

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures Luke 24:45 NASB Understand – When we read this verse, we’re likely to imagine some kind of mental expansion miracle. As Western believers, we automatically assume that “understand” means cognitive comprehension. Our own educational experience leads us to interpret this text as if Yeshua were preparing…

  • The Learning Curve

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, and consider the lovingkindness of the Lord. Psalm 107:43 NASB Who is wise? – I’ve been at this awhile. Actually 6,700 Today’s Word additions so far. Obviously, not quite enough. There are still many more unanswered questions. It is a lifelong process and I am…

  • Blindside

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5 NASB The man – Consider the following quotation from John MacArthur, popular Christian pastor and teacher: Village life was so deeply ingrained and so clearly understood at every level of society that the customs reflected in the biblical narratives…

  • The Power of Tradition

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    I recently read an exegesis of the particularly important passage in Genesis 3 regarding the punishment God issues after the disobedience of the first couple.  Since the author is a well-known Jewish scholar, I was a bit surprised to find that his exegesis actually incorporated many ideas from interpretations that arose centuries later. Here’s the…

  • Conversation and Identity

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;  Genesis 1:26a NASB Image/likeness – According to a footnote in my Siddur, a synonym for nefesh hayah in the Mishnah (Bava Kanna 2a) is mav’eh which the Talmud derives from the root ba’ah (to ask, request, seek).  Furthermore, Onkelos renders nefesh hayah as “speaking spirit” (ruah mamlal’).  The implication is significant. Our identity is…

  • Start Right

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;  Genesis 1:26a NASB Image/likeness – As we begin another “eternal return”[1] cycle, perhaps we should start with a decidedly different view than the one behind a New Year’s pagan festival. The OT recognizes man’s total dependence with great clarity. Man is a creature…

  • Belonging

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. 1 Chronicles 9:1a NASB Genealogies – All those names. Mostly unfamiliar, difficult to read out loud. So we skip over them. Go ahead. Try reading 1 Chronicles 8 without stumbling. And this is not the…

  • A Change in the Weather

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.” Acts 20:22 NIV Not knowing – Today I leave for Manila. I’ll be in the Philippines area for the next two months. Then, after a return to the USA for some teaching commitments, Rosanne and I will…