Skip Forgot No, there isn’t anything wrong with the server today. I just forgot to write a Today’s Word for today. Frankly, I’m not surprised. I’m feeling quite a bit of stress these days and am really near exhaustion. I just forgot that July has 31 days. That’s a pretty good indicator of how crazy my life…
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am gentle and lowly of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29 ESV Yoke – Yesterday we connected Paul’s idea of “bond” with Yeshua’s statement about “yoke.” “Freedom comes in chains,” we said. When Yeshua invites us to take His…
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:3 NASB Bond – Syndesmos is the Greek combination of words that mean “together” and “band or shackle.” We might think of this word with the imagery of a chain. Each link is welded together with the next. The “bond”…
So she sat down besides the reapers. He handed her roasted grain, and she ate her fill and had some left over. Ruth 2:14 JPS Ate her fill – When we read this description of Ruth’s meal, we find connections to other stories about eating until satiated and having leftovers. We think of stories in…
He that conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Proverbs 28:13 NASB Confesses – “Yada, yada, yada,” is a common Hebrew phrase that has made its way into English. We are familiar with its idiomatic meaning – “and more like that” or something similar. You know…
He that conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Proverbs 28:13 NASB Conceals – This Hebrew word is kasa. It is used in poetic contrast with the word for “forgive” (nasa’). The root meaning of the word is “to cover.” It is used to describe a…
Here is the audio lecture on Ruth 3:9-18 [audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/ruth-chapter-3-verse-9-18.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.)
“Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass unless the Lord has commanded it?” Lamentations 3:37 NASB Command – This Hebrew word (tsiva) has an important place in our thinking about God. Here it is found in a book that most of us don’t know very well. Lamentations is made up of five…
Why has my pain been perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream with water that is unreliable? Jeremiah 15:18 NASB Deceptive – My daughter called from the Navy base. “Dad, I talked to the career counselor yesterday and nothing that they told me…
“I have been told of all that you did for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth and came to a people you had not known before.” Ruth 2:11 JPS Birth/ People – Two things indentify a person in the ancient…
