The Only True Response

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Blessed are You, Lord; teach me Your statutes.  Psalm 119:12  NASB Blessed – Hebrew uses two words translated “blessed.”  The one that applies to us, the one used in verses like Psalm 1:1, is ʾāšār.  The second word, bārûk, is found in this verse.  The difference between the two isn’t obvious in English, but it’s quite…

Straight Talk

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. Psalm 112:1 NASB Blessed – Congratulations! You who follow God’s instructions are blessed. Of course, that doesn’t mean you have all the measures of success in this world. The psalmist might go on to say that those…