aresko

  • The Pleasure Principle (2)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23 Have not rescued – First, a look…

  • The Pleasure Principle (1)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23 Have not rescued – Today I’ll share…

  • Everywhere You Look – Rewind

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.  Romans 15:2  NASB 1977 Please – The wonderful thing about paradigms is that they help you make sense of the world.  In fact, if you start discovering anomalies in your world—things that just don’t add up–paradigms offer useful solutions.  You can claim…

  • Everywhere You Look

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.  Romans 15:2  NASB Please – The wonderful thing about paradigms is that they help you make sense of the world.  In fact, if you start discovering anomalies in your world–things that just don’t add up–paradigms offer useful solutions.  You can claim that…

  • Passive To Active

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. Romans 15:2 Please – Negotiating for one’s own good.  That’s the idea behind the classical Greek use of aresko.  It is essentially a passive act, that is, an action that reflects back on the subject.  It isn’t passive in the sense that…