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  • The Expectation of Justice

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?  Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23  NIV     You brought trouble – How we might wish that the…

  • Polar Opposites (3)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;  2 Corinthians 4:8-9  NASB Not forsaken – In order to understand ouk enkataleipomenoi, we probably first need to look at diokomenoi.  Translated “persecuted,” the root is dioko.  This word is about setting something…