“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job 13:15 NASB Argue – You have abandoned hopelessness (see Friday’s discussion). You have elected to be an optimist in spite of your better judgment (Heschel). You choose hope. But does that mean you just accept life as…
“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job 13:15 NASB Hope – America’s presidential election day is just four days away. For a great number of people, this day underscores hopelessness about the world. Everywhere we look, things are worse. The newspapers declare another scandal,…
I am a stranger on earth. Hide not your commandments from me. Psalm 119:19 (Abraham Heschel translation) Hide – Where are you going? Ah, the second most important question of life. The angel of the Lord asked Hagar precisely this, and she could not answer him. Can you? Do you really know where you are…
On my way home from Fresno, I stopped here. Underground, of course, but certainly not hell. 🙂
“You neglected the Rock who begot you, and forgot the God who gave you birth.” Deuteronomy 32:18 NASB Gave you birth – It’s pretty difficult to ignore the obvious female characteristic God employs in this self-description. Only women give birth. Does that mean God is female? Of course not; not any more than the descriptions…
For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart…
How do we read and understand the Bible? Most of us began this process by simply picking up a translation and reading the words as if they were written by one of our contemporaries. What I mean is that even though we know the Bible was written centuries ago, we treat the words and ideas…
No man can by any means redeem his brother or give to God a ransom for him— Psalm 49:7 NASB Redeem – Context, context, context. Without the context, this verse seems to oppose the very idea that Yeshua acts as a substitute sacrifice for sinners. Of course, the idea of substitutionary atonement is a Reformation…
THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF 2017 Skip Moen – At God’s Table MARK THE DATES NOW TACOMA, WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 10 and 11 Friday night and Saturday afternoon and evening with times for private discussions on Saturday morning. SKIP will be teaching on: MEDITATION – a look at the rabbinic development of the mystery of…
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Genesis 6:2 NASB Took wives – So much has been written about this very odd story. We have commentators who view the text as a description of angelic beings, or powerful men, or…
