Are We Really Sick? (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?”  Jeremiah 17:9  NASB Desperately sick– It’s the adjective that is bothersome. ʾānaš is the word in the Hebrew text.  It means, quite simply, “sick.”  It’s used once in Job, five times in Jeremiah, once in Isaiah, and once in Micah.  You can see…

Measuring Stick

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Luke 7:47 NASB Much – All or just a lot? That’s the question with the Greek adjective polli. Is the use of this word in the gospel inclusive…