The Messy Text

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” Genesis 22:12 NASB Fear God – It’s an ancient but very important story. Christianity sees it as a type of the…

The Divine Dialogue

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

For now I know that a God-fearer you are Genesis 22:12 Know – Do I know you?  Do you know me?  The quality of our relationship depends entirely on how you and I answer these two questions.  That is particularly true in Hebrew where the word for “know” is yada, an umbrella verb that covers…