Yodh – On the Runway

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Your hands made me and fashioned me; enable me to understand, and I shall learn Your commandments.  Psalm 119:73 Chabad Fashioned – First, the acrostic section that begins with yod. יָדֶ֣יךָ עָ֖שׂוּנִי וַיְכֽוֹנְנ֑וּנִי הֲ֜בִינֵ֗נִי וְאֶלְמְדָ֥ה מִצְו‍ֹתֶֽיךָ יְרֵאֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּנִי וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ כִּ֖י לִדְבָֽרְךָ֣ יִחָֽלְתִּי יָדַ֣עְתִּי יְ֖הֹוָה כִּי־צֶ֣דֶק מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑יךָ וֶֽ֜אֱמוּנָ֗ה עִנִּיתָֽנִי יְהִי־נָ֣א חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְנַֽחֲמֵ֑נִי כְּאִמְרָֽתְךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ יְבֹא֣וּנִי רַֽחֲמֶ֣יךָ וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה…

Due Diligence—Ten Years After

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.  Proverbs 4:26 NASB Will be established – This investigation is now ten years old.  I wonder if these last ten years have really made a difference.  Let’s find out. It’s almost time for the world’s celebration of the pagan New Year.  That…

Double Wanderers

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.  Psalm 78:8  NASB Not prepare/ not faithful – Erica Brown makes a damning point about the ex-slaves in the wilderness: “The circuitousness of the journey is attributed to the moral and faith…

The Foundation Stone

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Psalm 112:7 NASB Steadfast – Hebrew is about reality. Hebrew doesn’t encourage fiction. And what’s the difference between fiction and reality. Fiction has to make sense. Today we look at the Hebrew word kûn. There are basically two forms of this word. One is about…

What Time Is It?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So Jesus said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. John 7:6 NASB Time – Do you have time? “Time for what?” you probably ask. Well, if you were talking with Yeshua on this particular day, the answer might be, “Time to do what you were designed to…

Hebrew Certainty

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!  Psalm 57:7  NASB Steadfast – To put it bluntly, Greek certainty is cognitive, Hebrew certainty is volitional.  In Greek thought, certainty is a function of justified true belief.  It is the attempt to determine rational, logical conclusions…

Due Diligence

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.  Proverbs 4:26 NASB Will be established – It’s almost time for the world’s celebration of the pagan New Year.  That means it’s almost time for the annual resolutions of self-improvement.  But this year, let’s try something different.  Let’s go back to the…

Stay in Step

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher.” Luke 6:40 Fully Trained – If we examine the Greek text, we are likely to conclude that Yeshua’s remark is just commonsense.  Of course a pupil isn’t superior to his teacher.  Of course the goal…

Taking A Stand

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He shall not be afraid of evil news, his heart is fixed, trusting in YHWH.  Psalm 112:7 Fixed – Who among us will not fear bad news?  That’s a pretty important question these days.  Of course, it’s all relative, isn’t it?  Our version of bad news doesn’t come close to the bad news in places…