The Missing 500

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite because of eight hundred who were killed by him at one time.  2 Samuel 23:8 NASB Eight hundred – Compare this account with a similar one in Chronicles.  It reads: “These constitute the list of David’s…

An Internal Paradox

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Taste and see that the Lord is good, happy the man who shelters in Him. Psalm 34:9  (R. Altar translation) The Man – What kind of man shelters in the Lord?  What kind of man runs to God for rescue?  Our first response might be “a man in trouble.”  Behind that answer is the assumption…