Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Asset Management

     Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.  James 5:4  NASB Pay – In case you haven’t noticed, James is Jewish.  And he is…

  • Oh, What a Difference It Makes!

    Go  Matthew 28:19 (the Shem Tov Hebrew gospel of Matthew) Go – Well, you won’t find this in any English Bible.  Nor will you find it in any Greek New Testament.  George Howard caused quite a stir when he published his work, The Gospel of Matthew According to a Primitive Hebrew Text in 1987, the “Shem…

  • Off the Path

    let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.  James 5:20  NASB Error – James is Jewish.  His name is Ya’aqob.  That means he writes as a rabbi, giving important instruction and advice to those under…

  • The Fighting Fool

    Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.  Ephesians 6:11 ESV Whole armor – “Anyone who wants to fight his demons with his own weapons is a fool.”[1]   Maybe Nouwen’s comment is all we need to think about today.  How many of us…

  • Babylon SOP

    Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.  Ephesians 6:11 ESV Schemes – It’s too bad we don’t transliterate this word.  Then we might see that it is far closer to home than we imagine.  The word is methodeias.  You might see “methods”…

  • Today’s Word Goes To Therapy

    I thought you would appreciate the insight from a recent conversation with a therapist friend.  It happened over lunch – nothing formal, just two guys talking.  But I learned something important that I will try to act on.  The conversation went like this.  “You know, the Today’s Words that have the greatest impact on me…

  • Clothes Make the Man

    You adulterous people!  Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?  Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.  James 4:4  ESV Makes himself – Are you making yourself God’s enemy?  Ah, you object, proclaiming, “No way.  I am saved and devoted…

  • Star-gazer

    and I have observed all that God brings to pass.  Indeed, man cannot guess the events that occur under the sun,  For man tries strenuously, but fails to guess them; and even if a sage should think to discover them he would not be able to guess them.  Ecclesiastes 8:17  JPS To guess – Michael…

  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    And the inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”  Mark 15:26  NASB King – The conversation between Yeshua and Pilate is about being king.  The charge against Yeshua is about being king.  The crime is sedition, incitement to rebel against a king.  The crowds that want Him crucified proclaim Caesar…