The Art of Discipline (3)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23 NASB Take up – Ah, an easy one to remember. The Greek verb is airo. Lift off! Literally, “to lift from the ground, to lift in…

God In Charge

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then Jesus was taken up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Taken Up – This is the only place in the gospel of Matthew where the Greek verb anago (to take up) is used.  Of course, anyone who stands at the mouth of the Jordan River realizes…