Divine Lyrics

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Let my tongue sing about Your word, for all Your commandments are righteousness.  Psalm 119:172  NASB Sing – Do you sing the psalms?  It’s nice to think that this psalm is lyrical poetry designed to be sung.  Many psalms are.  But if we read only this English translation, we’d miss the wider implications of the use of…

The Shema (1)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Hear, Israel, YHWH is our God, YHWH is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear – The Hebrew verb shama means both “to hear” and “to obey, respond.”  Moses does not call the people to listen to his words.  He calls the people to do what the words say.  In Hebrew, I do not hear unless I respond. …