Great Expectations

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“But reach out with Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face.”   Job 1:11  NASB Certainly – The story of Job is the story of expectations.  God expects Job to survive the test.  haśśāṭān expects him to fail.  Job, caught in the middle, expects God to treat…

Blind Spot

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”  Job 1:11  NASB Your hand– yadeka.  Your hand.  The pronoun carries a lot of weight here. This isn’t just any external force.  This is the hand of God.  That is uncomfortable. Do we ignore the bad in order…