precept

  • Repulsive Instructions

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, they are regarded as a strange thing.”  Hosea 8:12  NASB Strange thing – “Don’t talk to strangers!” we tell our young children.  Why not?  Well, for one thing, strangers may be dangerous.  Strangers may not wish you shalom.  Strangers are to be feared and…

  • Idiom or Idiot?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;  Isaiah 5:14  NASB   Opened its mouth – How many commandments must be violated before a man is condemned?  Would God sentence me to death for the tiniest infraction?  Am I lost because I ate a ham sandwich or wore a garment of…