Reasonable (The End of the Empire 4)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“Come now, and let us debate your case,” says the Lord, “though your sins are as scarlet, they shall become as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18  NASB Debate – You are probably most familiar with the King James version, “Come, let us reason together.”  The Hebrew verb…

Turning on the Tears

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,  Philemon 1:10  NASB Child – But, of course, Onesimus is not a child.  Most commentators assume that Paul uses the Greek téknon to describe Onesimus’ “conversion” birth under Paul’s tutelage.  Perhaps that’s why Paul doesn’t use the usual país (boy or girl…