A Divided Life

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” Matthew 6:24 NASB Devoted – Yeshua spoke more about the practical realities of living than anything else. We try to turn his…

The Agony of Perfection

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 NASB Be perfect – What a terrible translation! No, it isn’t that the words aren’t correct. The Greek esesthe teleioi does mean, “you are to be perfect.” That’s not the problem. The problem is that no one can be perfect! As…