The Absentee Landlord

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? Psalm 13:1  NASB Hide Your face – I understand the absence of the Landlord when the tenant deserves judgment.  Feeling the brokenness of relationship is a powerful incentive for repentance and restitution, as every parent knows.  Children who need to…

Omnipresence

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off?  “Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?” declares the Lord.  “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.  Jeremiah 23:23-24  NASB I do not see him– God is everywhere.  That’s what omni-present means. …