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  • Hunger Strike

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, and my cries pour out like water.  Job 3:24  NASB Groaning – Before we tackle the participle “groaning,” let’s understand the context.  The NASB translates the opening of this verse as “at the sight of my food,” but the Hebrew is perhaps more poignant.  Literally, it reads…

  • The Dead Speak

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.  Psalm 102:5  NASB Loudness – Read this again.  How can the volume of my groaning be the cause of bones clinging to flesh?  Does sound have anything to do with the consequences of malnutrition?  In fact, severely malnourished human beings, bones exposed because of…