Open Air Theology

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Sustain me so that I may be safe, that I may have regard for Your statutes continually.  Psalm 119:117  NASB May be safe – If you read the Hebrew text, you’d recognize this verb immediately, not as “may be safe” but rather as “be saved.”  It is the verb yāšaʿ from which we derive the name Yeshua. …

The Reply To Holiness

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.  Psalm 22:4 Trusted –  Pay very close attention to the implications in this verse, especially since what is says is so rare in Old Testament literature.  While we find dozens of uses of the verb batach exhorting and commanding trust in God, there are…