History Matters

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies.  Psalm 119:59  NASB Considered/ turned – I know, I know.  You’re getting tired of all these grammar lessons.  I’d say the same thing if it weren’t for the interesting variety of translations.  You have to wonder how both Jewish and Christian scholars can justify such…

Rescuing Paul (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then he believed in the Lord; and He [a]credited it to him as righteousness.  Genesis 15:6  NASB Credited – You see that little footnote before the word “credited’?  In the margin of the NASB you’ll find “or imputed.” Now that’s a problem.  Why?  Because the word “imputed,” like the word “credited,” strongly suggests some sort of divine accounting,…