Law and Order

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

A merciful person does himself good, but the cruel person does himself harm.  Proverbs 11:17  NASB Does himself good – Arthur Branch, the District Attorney in the television series Law and Order, quipped, “Sometimes the good you do doesn’t do you any good.”  Regretfully, he seems to be correct.  Human experience suggests that doing good doesn’t always…

Has He?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I will sing to the LORD because He has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 13:6 NASB Dealt bountifully – In Hebrew the entire thought in the conjunctive phrase (beginning with “because”) is merely three words, ki gamal alay. ki is translated “because” although it could just as easily be translated “surely,” or “when,” or “if.”…