Food Poisoning

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“A lion roars.  Who does not fear?  The Master, the LORD, speaks.  Who cannot prophesy?”  Amos 3:8  Robert Alter translation Prophesy – Does this two-line poem seem odd to you?  What does the roar of a lion have to do with giving divine predictions?  Before we can draw conclusions about Amos’ intention, we need to…

Fainting

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?  The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?  Amos 3:8  NASB Prophesy – At age twenty-one I graduated from my first university and moved to Switzerland.  “Why?” you might ask.  It was my desire and intention to sit at the feet of Francis Schaeffer.  A missions group I knew promised…