Out of the Garden

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners; . . .”   Isaiah 61:1 (and Luke 4:18 with modifications)  NASB Sent – The…

What Word Would You Choose?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.  Genesis 3:23  NIV Banished – Most of us develop our theology from visual imagery.  We think of the Garden as an idyllic place and the expulsion from the Garden as something utterly tragic.  Notice…