The Storm God

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

May their table before them become a trap, and their allies a snare.  May their eyes grow too dark to see, make their loins perpetually shake.  Pour out upon them Your wrath, and Your blazing fury overtake them.  Psalm 69:23-25 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Wrath – Here are your choices: wrath, fury, indignation, anger, judgment,…

Sin and Suffering

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.  Psalm 38:2-3  NASB Your indignation – Look who’s responsible!  If God runs the universe, then He must be the one behind…