What God Wants

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Be pleased to accept the voluntary offerings of my mouth, Lord, and teach me Your judgments.  Psalm 119:107  NASB Voluntary offerings – Abraham Heschel formulated Man’s critical question: “What does God demand of me?”  It’s amazing that we have turned this question upside-down.  In our modern religious world, the question becomes “What do I demand of God?”  Well,…

Take Two Aspirin

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, Lord, according to Your word.  Psalm 119:107  NASB Revive – By this time it will come as no surprise that the verb here is ḥāyâ (to live, have life).  The choice of “revive” comes from the tone of the verse, not from the literal translation.  As you can see in the…