Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • Melanchthon Lives

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “The whole law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Matthew 22:40  (R. T. France) Whole – How much of the Torah hangs on the two weightier commandments “love God” and “love your neighbor”?  Holos – all of it!  Agreed?  Now think about what this means.  If Yeshua is correct, then every one of…

  • The Shema in Action

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”  Matthew 22:36  (R. T. France) Which – The question wasn’t a simple inquiry.  The lawyer who asked it intended to set a trap.  Perhaps you’ve encountered questions like this one.  They seem to be about true spiritual concerns, but under the surface they are really designed…

  • With One Small Addition

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

     Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.  For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.”  1 Samuel 15:22-23  NASB…

  • I’ve Had It!

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant?  And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?  Was it I who conceived all this people?  Was it I who brought them forth, that You should…

  • A Reasonable Conclusion

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”  John 8:36  NASB Therefore – Don’t we love this verse!  I hear it all the time.  “Jesus set me free.”  “I’m free because Jesus died for me.”  The great mantra of the Western world is “Freedom!”  Of course, none of us bother…

  • Dare We Say It?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,  2 Thessalonians 2:3  NASB Lawlessness – Who is the man of lawlessness?  You don’t have to look to much further in the text to realize that…