Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Return to Me

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; . . . Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – We have probably explored this verse twenty times (plus a full chapter in Guardian Angel).  That might incline you to think we have plumbed its depths.  Ah, the illusion of information.  We haven’t…

  • Sacrifice Without The Temple

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”  Matthew 5:16  NASB Good Works – It seems reasonable to suggest that Yeshua anticipated the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.  It’s hard to read His teaching in Matthew 24 and…

  • Asaph Again

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt.  None shall appear before me empty-handed.”  Exodus 23:15  ESV Empty-handed – “In vain I kept my heart pure,”…

  • Zero Sum Game

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “ . . . they have received their reward.”  Matthew 6:2, 5, 16  ESV Reward – What if I told you that God’s pie is only so big?  What if you recognized that there is only so much of God’s blessings to be spread around?  What if you changed your view of the infinite provisions…

  • Paul’s Summation (5)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily.  However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”  Luke 18:8  NASB Faith – Recently we examined Paul’s citation of Habakkuk 2:4.  We discovered among other things that the Hebrew word for faith, ‘emunah, is a far cry…

  • The Open Universe

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that He had done in creation.  Genesis 2:3  ESV He had done in creation – When God created the universe, was everything in it fixed?  When God formed the whole creation, did He establish all the…

  • Midrash Rehash

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then God spoke to Noah, saying, “Go out of the ark, . . .”  Genesis 8:15-16 NASB Go out – How do you interpret the Bible?  When you read the text, what process do you use in order to understand the meaning?  Some believers use the “meditate, pray and wait for illumination” technique.  They believe…