Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Cultural Alterations

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. Proverbs 31:10 NASB Excellent – By now we all realize that any translation of ‘eshet hayil that shifts the meaning toward internal qualities leads us in the wrong direction. ‘eshet hayil is the Hebrew expression often translated “excellent wife,” “virtuous wife,” “wife…

  • Trinity Conference Videos

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Below you will find the link to the videos shot Saturday at the conference on the doctrine of the Trinity.  Anthony Buzzard was the guest speaker.  I hope you find these insightful.  The two video files, one with me and the other with Anthony, are at the bottom of this page.  https://m.youtube.com/user/AbrahamicMovement

  • Looking Back

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.  Romans 15:4 NASB In earlier times – Ah, the problems on syntax. English does not work like Greek. In Greek we have one word, proegraphe, that requires five English…

  • I Don’t Believe You

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man. John 2:24-25 NASB Not entrusting – The NASB translation accidentally hides the fact that the Greek verb here is pisteuo,…

  • Ezer Kenegdo in Kansas City in August

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Thanks to Sandy Smail, Pam Staley and Jane Diffenderfer, I will be speaking in Kansas City on August 18-19.  This conference is about the ‘ezer kenegdo, the foundation of all relationships.  We will examine the Genesis text, Paul’s use of these ideas in the apostolic writings and what we have learned since the publication of Guardian Angel.  We…

  • Knives and Forks

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 NASB Opportunity – Everyone must deal with forks. No, not eating utensils. I mean forks in the roads we travel. We have to decide which way to go,…

  • Guardian Angel: A postscript

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Guardian Angel is a terrifying book for men. It shouldn’t be, but it is. And not for all men, it seems. Some men just get it. Their relationships with their wives are on such solid footing that they recognize the blessing a wife can be and they welcome the biblical validation. But not most men….

  • Role Play

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

      “How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—a woman will encompass a man.” Jeremiah 31:22 NASB Encompass – I don’t like this choice of translation for the Hebrew tesovav (from the root sabab). “Encompass” makes it sound like a woman…

  • Older and Less Wise

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 1 Kings 11:4 NASB Not wholly devoted – The Hebrew for “not wholly devoted” is lo hayah levavo shalem (“not…