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  • Divine Rape (Reconstituted)

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed.  I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. Jeremiah 20:7  NASB Deceived – I am sure you remember our investigation of Jeremiah’s use of the words pātâ and ḥāzaq.  We recounted Heschel’s analysis: “This standard rendition…

  • Giving Up the Ghost

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and pours out his complaint before the Lord.  Psalm 102 NASB Weak – Amazingly, our word “weak” isn’t found in the languages of Europe until the 12th Century.  I guess before that people never knew what it meant to be physically exhausted (No, probably not.  There are…