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…