In Plain Sight

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.  Psalm 78:2-3  NASB Known – Okay, so how can this be a parable or a riddle if we’ve known it for generations?  Was the insightful story and the dark saying passed down…

Figure It Out

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.  Psalm 78:2-3  NASB Parable/ riddle – māšāl and ḥîdâ (parable and riddle).  How are these two terms connected? First, we need to know what the Hebrew idea of “parable” really is.  “A….