The Mountains Sing

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The earth is full of Your goodness, Lord; teach me Your statutes.  Psalm 119:64  NASB Goodness – There’s hardly a more insipid translation of ḥesed than the crop of English expressions in Bible translations.  We have “love, unfailing love, steadfast love, loving devotion, mercy, goodness, lovingkindness, faithful love, mercies, constant love, kindness.”  None really capture the…

Gods of Power

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord, “That you will call Me Ishi and will no longer call Me Baali.” Hosea 2:16 NASB Ishi – “For Hosea, at the core of Baal worship is the primitive idea that God rules the world by force, as husbands rule families in societies where power…