Explaining It Away

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.”  Luke 14:26  NASB Hate – What in the world can Yeshua possibly mean by this statement?  Taken at face value, it has…

Yeshua and the Prophet

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.” John 12:25 Hates – In Greek, the root is miseo.  It usually implies active ill will toward someone or something.  It is the opposite of agapao (to love, cf. Matthew 5:43).  This is…