In the End

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the Lord.  Psalm 31:24  NASB Take courage– In the end, faith seems to be about perseverance.  It seems to be “going on” when “going on” seems impossible.  In the end, the kind of faith found in biblical characters is not the proclamation of doctrines or creeds. …

Keep My Commandments

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”   John 16:33  NASB Take courage – In the Greek text, the word translated “take courage” is tharseite.  This verb (tharreo) means, “be confident, take courage, be bold,” in one of its forms, and “to trust, to rely on” in another form. …