God in the Weeds

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, from where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”  Genesis 16:8 NASB From the presence – How easy it is to forget that Hebrew is concrete!  Removing the physical element by translating according to our social…

Under My Thumb

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and pours out his complaint before the Lord.  Psalm 102 NASB Afflicted – The Hebrew word ʿānî comes from a root that means “to force,” or “to try to force submission,” and “to punish or inflict pain upon.”[1]  Here the noun describes someone who is feeling the…