Knowing Why

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Give me understanding, so that I may comply with Your Law and keep it with all my heart.  Psalm 119:34  NASB Understanding – Do you find this request a bit odd?  The general pattern of God’s instructions in Torah do not require explanation.  In fact, the methodology of Torah learning is not about figuring out why God asks what…

Open Hand

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

YHWH looked down from the heavens on the sons of Adam to see, “Is there someone discerning, someone seeking out God?” Psalm 14:2 (Hebrew text) Discerning – What do you think about when you read the word “discerning?”  If you’re like most people of contemporary civilization, you think of a cognitive process.  You think about…