Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Are You Hyper?

    Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.  1 Corinthians 4:6  NASB Not to exceed – Sometimes I think…

  • Eternal Frustration

    My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;  1 John 2:1  NASB May not sin – Seriously now, can John actually mean this?  Does John really think it is possible to not sin? …

  • The Prerequisite (Rewind)

    Be humbled, then, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the opportune time 1 Peter 5:6  NASB Be Humbled – There is no better person to pen these words than Peter.  The man who believed in personal power learned a life-altering lesson after the death and resurrection of Yeshua.  Power brings defeat. …

  • Unsettling Questions

    Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.  Ezekiel 18:4  NASB Soul – It comes as no surprise to learn that every instance of the translated word “soul” in this verse is the Hebrew word nephesh.  It’s…

  • Label Mill

    And Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”  Acts 26:28  NASB Christian – So here it is.  That famous verse used by Christian apologists to claim that Paul’s message was the Christian gospel intended to convert both Jew and Gentile into the Church.  What could be…