A Stinking Mess

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Lord, why do You reject my soul?  Why do You hide Your face from me?  Psalm 88:14  NASB   Reject – The Hebrew zānaḥ has two root meanings.  The first is as it is translated here: to reject, spurn, cast off.  But the second adds a bit to our emotional understanding of this word.  zānaḥ II means, “to…

Stink

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.   Luke 16:15 Detestable – Lord, forgive us.  How often we prize the symbols of success in this world!  If…