Psalm 119:80

  • The Christian Conundrum

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    May my heart be [ag]blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.  Psalm 119:80  NASB Blameless – Martin Luther would have rejected the psalmist’s plea outright.  A blameless heart was simply a human impossibility.  Calvin would have had the same reaction.  In fact, virtually all the Catholic theologians of the past followed the philosophical…

  • Life Without Shame

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    “May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.” Psalm 119:80 Life Without Shame Blameless – Shame destroys.  It is far more crippling than guilt.  If I am guilty, I can repay.  If I am guilty, I can repent.  If I am guilty, I can recover.  But shame is…