divine will

  • Job Applied

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them.  For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but wrongdoers will stumble in them. Hosea 14:9  NASB Are right – Our attempts to understand the context of the story of Job suggest that this legend is of late origin,…

  • God of the Living

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For the sake of Your name, LORD, give me life, in Your bounty bring me out from the straits.  Psalm 143:11  Robert Alter Give me life – The NASB translates this single Hebrew word as “revive me,” but that implies I only need resuscitation.  Alter’s translation is more fundamental.  “Give me life,” implies that I…