Double Sin

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he [m]blame God.  Job 1:22 NASB Blame – “Job did not sin,” says the text.  The word is ḥāṭāʾ, occurring 580 times in the Tanakh.  It is a description of missing the mark, the same idea that appears in the Greek word for sin.  Without too much…

Insult and Injury

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.  Job 1:22  NASB 1995 Nor did he blame –  But the Hebrew isn’t quite what we think of when we read these words in English.  We think of “blame” as assigning responsibility or finding fault.  So, in our Western theology, if God is…