The Nuclear Option

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.  Psalm 101:5  NASB Destroy – This psalm makes an incredible claim.  God will totally eliminate those who slander others in secret.  It’s hard to miss the audacity of this statement.  The Hebrew verb, ṣāmat, used…

Dead End

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Your burning anger has passed over me;  Your terrors have destroyed me.  Psalm 88:16  NASB Destroyed – Not just any trauma.  No, this is trauma of a special kind: bi·ʿûṯ.  “events that cause fear and destruction or death, with some focus on the wrath of the punisher.”[1]  What is the result?  ṣāmat The word ṣāmat occurs…