Salvation!

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Rise Lord!  Rescue me, my God Psalm 3:8 (translation: Robert Alter) Rescue Me – “ho.shi e.ni.” Say it again, out loud!  This one is worth remembering.  The Hebrew root is yasha, “to bring help to those in trouble.”  The pronoun “me” is attached directly to the verb.  That’s what I want – direct connection to…

Plowing

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling Philippians 2:12 Work Out – Paul is never very far from the Hebrew Scriptures.  So, when he talks about working out our salvation, he…