Forced Redemption

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.Deuteronomy 4:20  NASB Brought you out– In a parallel passage, God’s act of redemption is described in Moses’ final speech with the Hebrew word qereb (Deut 4:34).  In that description, Moses recalls the astounding redemptive act as…

The Anthropopathic God

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“My heart is turned over within Me, all My compassions are kindled.” Hosea 11:8  NASB Within – How much does God care about His children?  If you struggle to find words big enough, deep enough, significant enough, you’re not alone.  The message of the Bible is that God cares beyond anything that we can imagine. …