Who is that Masked Man?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.  James 3:17  NASB Without hypocrisy – Who is a hypocrite?  Someone who says one thing but does another?  Someone who acts in one way under some circumstances but in another way when the circumstances…

Through-put

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

 fervently love one another from the heart  1 Peter 1:22  NASB Fervently – This Greek word is ektenos.  This translation is correct.  It means “intently, earnestly.”  But that only tells us part of the story.  The root word here is teino (to stretch).  Did you see the little added prefix ek at the beginning of…