Author: Skip Moen, Ph.D.

  • CONNECTIONS Database

    OK, I have hand sorted 125 people who said that they want to know who is close by.  I wish the list included everyone, but we will only reveal those who gave permission.  There were 5 who did not provide a ZIP code so I am waiting for them (I sent them each an email)….

  • Quality Control

    For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh; but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13 Serve – “How may I serve you?” When someone in a retail store asks that question, what do you think? You probably anticipate a sales pitch. You might…

  • Bankrupt

    You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.  Galatians 5:4 Fallen From Grace – What does “fall from grace” mean?  Do you think it’s about denying the Lord?  Or about some hideous sin?  Not according to Paul’s comments to the Galatians.  Falling…

  • She Sees Too

    And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave-girl, where did you come from and where are you going?”  Genesis 16:8 Hagar – By now you are well aware that names in the Hebrew Scriptures often carry deeper meanings.  Sometimes the Scriptures explain those meanings.  Sometimes they don’t, and we are left to discover them ourselves.  And sometimes…

  • Habit-Forming

    those practicing these things will not inherit the kingdom of God  Galatians 5:21 Practicing – Habitual offender!  If you’ve ever heard that term used to describe you or someone you know, the impact is pretty scary.  By the time you reach the stage of habitual offender, the justice system has given up on you.  There…

  • But How Do I Do That?

    But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16 By The Spirit – We are at war, not just with a post-modern, godless culture, but with ourselves.  That’s what makes it so difficult.   It’s hard enough to face the fame and fortune monster that…

  • Down Mexico Way

    I have picked up Comments for the first time in a few days.  Internet is a bit shaky in Mexico.  So, press on my friends.  You seem to be enjoying the dialogue – quite appropriately without me.  I’ll be back (as one of my movie icons said). Skip

  • Market Economy

    Do not require interest from loans to your countrymen, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.  Deuteronomy 23:20 Interest – The Bible is a culturally-produced document.  Let that sink in for a minute.  That means that if we…

  • Guardians of the Way

    and He drove the man out. And He caused to dwell the cherubim at the east of the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3:24 Cherubim – Sin causes tragic results. One of first tragedies was expulsion from the Garden. Once Adam and Eve ate from the Tree, they had to be driven from the place of…